The border between Germany and Austria runs over the summit of the Second Schafalpenkopf, simultaneously separating the federal states of Bavaria and Vorarlberg.

On the Bavarian side it belongs to the administrative units of the county of Oberallgäu and market town of Oberstdorf, on Austrian soil to the district of Bregenz and the parish of Mittelberg.

Its isolation is 600 metres, extending across to the Third Schafalpenkopf.

In the southwest the mountain transitions to the First Schafalpenkopf (2,272 m).

In the northwest of the mountain is the valley of Wildental which leads to the Kleinwalsertal führt.