The name originated in the Evenki language, where "мома" means wood, timber or tree.

It is parallel to the latter and separated from it by a wide intermontane basin, where the Moma River flows from the southeast and joins the Indigirka.

Turning northwards, the Indigirka River cuts deeply across the range in its northwestern part.

[2] The highest point of the Moma Range is an unnamed 2,533 metres (8,310 ft) high peak located very near the Arctic Circle.

[1] In some works the Moma Range is included in the Chersky mountain system.