The 1,046-metre (3,432 ft) tall mountain is located about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northwest of the village of Tømmerneset.

The mountain peak is located on the border of Hamarøy Municipality and Steigen Municipality, just north of the Steigen Tunnel which runs through the interior of the mountain.

[5][6] Veggfjellan is located within the Scandinavian Mountains in far northern Nordland county in Norway.

[8] This is abnormally cold for Nordland, but the elevation may play a part in this mountain's climate.

[8] The climate, though cold for Norway, is still very moderated (and with somewhat less snow) compared to cities at the same latitude line (Kaktovik, Alaska; Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada), and even much further south (Kuujjuaq, Quebec, Canada; Harbin, Manchuria, China), due to Gulf Stream moderation that turns places like Kristiansund, Bergen, and Molde, Norway to temperate Cfb's.