Mount Chichantna is located 80 miles (129 km) west of Anchorage in the Tordrillo Mountains which are a subrange of the Alaska Range.

Topographic relief is significant as the east face rises nearly 5,900 feet (1,798 meters) in two miles (3.2 km).

The mountain is named in association with the Chichantna River which originates from a glacier partly located on this peak.

"[5] The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1999 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.

[6] Weather systems are forced upwards by the Alaska Range (orographic lift), causing heavy precipitation in the form of snowfall.