[1] Karkaraly city lies 20 kilometers (12 mi) to the northwest of the northern slopes of the Kent Mountains.

Part of the range is included in the Karkaraly National Park, a protected area established in 1998.

[5] There are archaeological remains of an ancient city, dating back to the late Bronze Age in the Kent Mountains.

[6] There are also ruins allegedly belonging to a 17th century Buddhist lamasery of the time of Buddhism in Kazakhstan, the Kyzyl Kent site.

The roughly 25 kilometers (16 mi) wide intermontane basin where the Taldy river flows northwards separates both ranges.