The field is located in southern Siberia, between the East Sayan Mountains and the Todzha basin. There it covers a surface area of west of Lake Baikal, at an altitude of . Volcanic landforms include cones, lava fields, tuyas, and other volcanic structures including scoria cones, volcanic dykes, volcanic necks and volcanic vents. Other landforms are cirques and U-shaped valleys left by previous glaciations. The Bii Khem river, a tributary of the Yenisei River, crosses the field. Politically the field belongs to the Tuva Republic of Russia, and is in a remote area where access is difficult. The volcanoes were first described between 1850-1900.