The mountain has an elevation of 2,737 m (8,980 ft) above sea level.

It is located northeast of the Gotthard Pass in the Airolo municipality of Ticino.

The Sasso da Pigna fortress [de], which can be reached from the pass, has been built into Monte Prosa.

East of the mountain is the Lago della Sella reservoir.

German poet Friedrich Schiller mentioned both Monte Prosa and nearby Fibbia in his 1804 work Berglied (Song of the Mountain).