While the name is odd, there's a reason this place is named after the horror of any medical scinario. Like many large, spawling forests of the Pokemon world, Metastifa is HUGE and covers the northern half of the Krydon Island which is not mountainous like the south.
Due to the skinny 'waist' at the middle of the Isle, though, the only way to move from Aphyzer and Rutranken to the northern areas is either through here or by flying. However, once you're through the southern belt, feel free to take the rickity path along the island's west coast to the small town of Trencos.