 The Research Range is 175 km long and the highest point is Mount Narodnaya (Гора Народная) or People's Mountain, at 1,894 m.

The Research Range starts approximately at Mount Narodnaya and runs northeastward past Vorkuta almost to the Kara Sea and the Arctic Ocean.The primary rocks are metamorphic, mostly quartzites and slate.There are numerous glaciers near the tops and on the upper slopes of the mountains, the rest is mostly arctic desert and tundra.