The Okhandya Range ( or Оханджа) is a mountain range in Magadan Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. The nearest airfield is Susuman Airport.
The name of the range originated in the Even language.Leontyev V.V., Novikova K.A. Toponymic dictionary of the North-East of the USSR, USSR Academy of Sciences. Magadan, 1989 - p. 296 - ISBN 5-7581-0044-7
Geography The Okhandya Range rises in the southeastern area of the Chersky Range, to the north of the Upper Kolyma Highlands and east of the valley of the Byoryolyokh, the main tributary of the Ayan-Yuryakh.
The Okhandya Range stretches in a roughly northwest–southeast direction for about from the source of the Bolshoi Maldyak River near high Mount Nenkat in the north, to the mouth of the Okhandya River in Lake Malyk at the southern limit. The highest peak is a high unnamed peak, the highest point of Magadan Oblast. The range has also two other high peaks reaching and that are also unnamed. At the southeastern end of the Okhandya Range the Cherge Range, another subrange of the Chersky Mountains, stretches southeastwards in the same direction.
Rivers Omulyovka, Byoryolyokh and Okhandya have their sources in the range. Lake Momontai (Озеро Момонтай) is located to the east of the eastern slopes of the Okhandya Range.Google EarthМомонтай, Дарпир – белые пятна на научной карте закрыл Верхоянский отряд
See also Highest points of Russian Federal subjects List of mountains and hills of Russia
References
External links Chersky National Park Ranges of Russia