The Pontões Capixabas Natural Monument lies in the Atlantic Forest biome.

[2] The terrain includes the escarpment of the Serra da Mantiqueira and part of the Jequitinhonha-Pardo plateau.

[1] It became part of the Central Atlantic Forest Ecological Corridor, created in 2002.

[1] The conservation unit is classed as IUCN protected area category III (natural monument or feature).

The primary objective is to preserve the rocky features, the associated flora and fauna, and the landscape.