Location and surrounding area
The Kreuzkarspitze lies in the Austrian federal state of Tyrol. The municipal boundary between
Elbigenalp 
to the south and
Hinterhornbach 
to the north runs over the summit.
The peak rises in the Hornbach chain, which is bounded in the south by the Lech valley and in the north by the Hornbach valley. The East Arête to the
Noppenspitze 
(2,594 m) has a notch (2,458 m) that is the reference point for the Kreuzkarspitze's prominence of 129 metres. The Noppenspitze is also the parent peak for the Kreuzkarspitze's isolation of 1.2 kilometres.