This massif is located at selenographic coordinates of 19.4° N, 30.8° E, and it has a diameter across the base of 15 km.

It rises to a maximum height of about 2.3 km near the northeastern end.

This mountain was named after the nearby crater Vitruvius,[1] located to the south-southeast.

The eponym for this crater is ancient Roman engineer and architect Marcus Vitruvius Pollio.

[2] The Apollo 17 mission landed in the Taurus–Littrow valley to the north of this mountain.