It was first surveyed by an expedition sent by the government of the Soviet Union led by geologist Yuri Bilibin (1901–1952) together with mining engineer Evgeny Bobin (1897–1941).

After conducting the first topographic survey of the area, Bilibin established that this range belongs to the Verkhoyansk Mountain System.

Bilibin and Bobin also explored for the first time this range, along with the adjacent Sette-Daban and Yudoma-Maya Highlands.

[2] The Skalisty Range stretches roughly from north to south for about 150 kilometres (93 mi) to the east of the Sette-Daban and Ulakhan-Bom and parallel to them.

In the southern part the Eastern Khandyga and the Tyry, also tributaries of the Aldan, cut across the range dividing into separate sections.