The temple sits atop PeyTadi, a steep cliff in the Dângrêk Mountains which located in Cambodia. During different periods it has been located in Cambodia and Thailand in turn. Following Cambodian independence and during the Thai occupation of the temple site, it was listed as being in Bhumsrol village of BuengMalu sub-district (now merged with Sao Thong Chai sub-district), in Kantharalak district of the Sisaket province of eastern Thailand. It is 110 km from the Mueang Si Sa Ket district, the center of Si Sa Ket province.
After the ICJ ruled in 1962 that it belonged to Cambodia, the temple was listed as being in SvayChrum Village, Kan Tout Commune, in ChoamKhsant District of PreahVihear province of northern Cambodia. The temple is 140 km from Angkor Wat and 320 km from Phnom Penh
