The peak is located 17 miles (27 km) south-southwest of Wrangell in Tongass National Forest on Etolin Island.

Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains to Anita Bay and Zimovia Strait.

Although modest in elevation, topographic relief is significant as the summit rises from sea-level at Anita Bay in 1.3 miles (2.1 km).

The mountain was named in 1886 by US Navy Lieutenant Commander Albert Sydney Snow in command of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey steamer Patterson,[4] and the toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.

[5] Based on the Köppen climate classification, Virginia Peak is located in a subpolar oceanic zone with mild and rainy summers with cool nights.