[1][4] It is located 16 miles (26 km) west-southwest of Haines on the northern boundary of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.

Although modest in elevation, topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 4,500 feet (1,372 meters) above the Bertha Glacier in two miles (3.2 km).

"[1] The mountain's toponym has not been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.

[6] Weather systems coming off the Gulf of Alaska are forced upwards by the Takhinsha Mountains (orographic lift), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rainfall and snowfall.

This climate supports the Bertha, Casement, McBride, Garrison, and Willard glaciers surrounding the peak.