Topographic relief is significant as the west aspect rises over 1,700 feet (520 meters) above Iceberg Lake in approximately one-half mile.

The descriptive toponym was likely applied during an 1898–99 survey by the USGS,[7] and has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.

[11] Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Sierra Nevada mountains.

As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks (orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range.

Precipitation runoff from this landform drains to the Middle Fork San Joaquin River.