The Naphtha mountain is of only insignificant height. It rises only above the level of the steppe at Bala-Ischem and cannot be compared with the Uly Balkan ( above sea level) or the Small Balkan ( m above sea level). The actual Naphtha mountain consists of a mountain range running from southwest to northeast of about length and width. I has no particularly steep slopes and gradually descends in the longitudinal direction to the level of the steppe. Parallel to the mountain, there are smaller hills on its north and south sides. The oval plateau bounded by them has a size of .