The mountain is part of the main chain of the Alps where it marks the Dora-Durance water divide. The main ridge continues northwards with a saddle unnamed on the official French maps which divedes the Rochers Charniers from the Punta di Chalanche Ronde (or Pointe des Grands Becs). The main chain goes on towards South with the Crête des Charniers and the Col des Trois Frères Mineurs (2.586 m), rises up to the Pic du Lauzin (2,733 m) and goes down to the Col de Montgenèvre. A third ridge branches from the Rochers Charniers connecting it, through Col du Chaberton (2.674 m), with Mont Chaberton. According to French alpinistic literature the mountain is part of the Massif des Cerces, while in the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) is part of the mountain group called Gruppo del Chaberton/Groupe du Chaberton in the Northern Cottian Alps.