It is set within Fiordland National Park which is part of the Te Wahipounamu UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains to Hall Arm of Doubtful Sound.

Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises above tidewater of Hall Arm in less than two kilometres.

At the time, Danaë was childless and, intending to keep her so, King Acrisius enclosed her in a bronze chamber constructed under the court of his palace.

However, Zeus, the king of the gods, desired her, and came to her in the form of golden rain which streamed in through the roof of the subterranean chamber and down into her womb.