There are two small subsidiary craters adjacent to the main cone and some lava flows resulting from the eruption.

[7] The local Aboriginal Bunganditj people witnessed Mount Schank's eruptions over time.

[8][9] The site is accessible from the Riddoch Highway about 20 km (12 mi) south of Mount Gambier; there is a small carpark and picnic table, and steps have been placed to facilitate the short but very steep walk to the rim of the crater.

It is a fairly simple walk to traverse the rim, though the exposed situation can be treacherous in gusty weather.

This may have been prompted by the then vogue for Anglicising German place-names, but the ancient Schank family, of whom the Admiral was a member, had that spelling for much of its history.