Malinovoye Ozero town is located 45 kilometers (28 mi) to the northeast, on the other side of the Russian border.

[2] Sormoildy is an endorheic lake cluster part of the Irtysh basin.

It lies in a tectonic depression at the southern end of the Kulunda Plain.

Lake Malinovoye lies 44 kilometers (27 mi) to the northeast, on the other side of the border.

[2] The lakes of the group are spread out in the flat basin and, except for the smaller ones on the periphery, they are connected following the melting of the steppe snow in the spring.