With an altitude of 2,902 m, it is the second highest peak in Rila after Musala (2,925 m), fourth in Bulgaria behind Vihren (2,914 m) and Kutelo (2,908 m) in the Pirin Mountain, and seventh in the Balkan Peninsula.

The summit is situated to the north-east of Musala, separated by a rocky ridge.

The ridge extends in a north-eastern direction to the summits of Irechek (2,852 m) and Deno (2,790 m).

To the south and the east the slopes of Malka Musala descend to the deep valley of the Maritsa River, forming two cirques.

[1][2] Between 1950 and 1989, Malka Musala was officially named Dimitov, after the Bulgarian communist leader Georgi Dimitrov.