Okhandya Range
{{Short description|Mountain range in Russia}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name= Okhandya Range
| other_name= Охандя
| photo=
| photo_caption=
| country= Russia
| subdivision2_type=Federal subject
| subdivision2= Magadan Oblast
| highest= Unnamed
| elevation_m= 2337
| coordinates= {{coord|63|38|29|N|147|50|37|E|display=inline|name=}}
| length_km= 80
| length_orientation= NW/SE
| width_km= 30
| width_orientation=NE/SW
| area_km2=
| range_coordinates= {{coord|63|30|N|147|45|E|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| range_coordinates_ref=
| parent= Chersky Range,
East Siberian System
| geology=
| age=
| orogeny=
| map=Russia Magadan Oblast
| map_caption= Location in Magadan Oblast, Russia
| easiest_route= From Susuman
}}
The Okhandya Range ({{langx|ru|Охандя}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://maps.vlasenko.net/smtm1000/p-55_56.jpg|title=Топографска карта P-55 56; M 1:1 000 000 - Topographic USSR Chart (in Russian)|access-date=1 January 2022}}
The Okhandya Range stretches in a roughly northwest–southeast direction for about {{convert|80|km|sp=us}} from the source of the Bolshoi Maldyak River near {{convert|1844|m|ft}} 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 {{convert|2337|m|ft}} high unnamed peak, the highest point of Magadan Oblast.[https://www.49gov.ru/press/press_releases/index.php?id_4=55738 БЕЗЫМЯННАЯ ВЕРШИНА НА ХРЕБТЕ ОХАНДЯ СТАЛА САМОЙ ВЫСОКОЙ ТОЧКОЙ МАГАДАНСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ] The range has also two other high peaks reaching {{convert|2253|m|ft}} and {{convert|2243|m|ft}} 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 Earth[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siuQ17CdLP8 Момонтай, Дарпир – белые пятна на научной карте закрыл Верхоянский отряд]
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.ibpn.ru/en/chersky-national-park Chersky National Park]
- [http://ridgesrussia.ru/?cat=6 Ranges of Russia]