Cope Mountain is located southwest of Kodiak on the northeast coast of Kodiak Island. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Sargent Creek thence Womens Bay. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises above Sargent Creek in approximately and the east face rises in. The mountain's name was applied in 1910 by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey to honor Harry P. Cope, an Englishman who arrived in Kodiak from San Francisco in 1868. He was the first postmaster at Kodiak and was known locally as "Uncle Harry." The toponym was officially adopted in 1941 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.