[4][5] The Maymandzhin Range rises at the western limit of the Kolyma Highlands system.

[3] The range is located in the interfluve of the Bakhapcha and Buyunda rivers, both right tributaries of the Kolyma flowing northwards.

2,031 metres (6,663 ft) high Mount Khetinskaya (Гора Хетинская) rises to the northwest, beyond the northern end of the range, and to the west lie the Upper Kolyma Highlands.

[1] The Yama has its sources in the southwestern slopes of the Maymandzhin Range and the Buyunda and Nyavlenga at the southern end, in the Kilgan Massif.

The Maltan, another tributary of the Bakhapcha, flows northwards, below the western slopes.