The Maltan (Russian: Малтан) is a river in Magadan Oblast, Russia.

[2] The river flows across an uninhabited area, the nearest village is Sinegorye, located to the north.

[4] The source of the Maltan is in the northern slopes of Mount Nukh (Гора Нух) of the Olsky Plateau area, at the western end of the Kolyma Mountains, close to the R504 Kolyma Highway.

The river heads in a NNW direction along the western slopes of the Maymandzhin Range.

Finally it turns to the WNW below the southern slopes of Mount Khetinskaya (Гора Хетинская) and joins the right bank of the Bakhapcha 122 kilometres (76 mi) from its mouth in the Kolyma.