This massif is bounded on the north and southwest by tributaries of the Bheri River and on the southeast by the Myagdi Khola.

The range lies 40 miles (65 km) northwest of Annapurna and is located in Myagdi District of Nepal.

[6] The British Alpine Club's[7] Himalayan Index lists 37 more peaks over 6,000 m.[8] 6,182m Pota Himal (FinnMap sheet 2883-01 "Chhedhul Gumba") stands north of the main ridge between Churen and Putha Hiunchuli.

Hiunchuli Patan at the western end nearest the Bheri River is locally called Sisne or Murkatta Himal.

It was an iconic landmark to insurgents based in Rukum and Rolpa districts during the 1996–2006 Nepal Civil War.