| Okhandya Range | |
| Other Name: | Охандя |
| Country: | Russia |
| Subdivision2 Type: | Federal subject |
| Subdivision2: | Magadan Oblast |
| Highest: | Unnamed |
| Elevation M: | 2337 |
| Coordinates: | 63.6414°N 147.8436°W |
| Length Km: | 80 |
| Length Orientation: | NW/SE |
| Width Km: | 30 |
| Width Orientation: | NE/SW |
| Range Coordinates: | 63.5°N 192°W |
| Parent: | Chersky Range, East Siberian System |
| Map: | Russia Magadan Oblast |
| Easiest Route: | From Susuman |
The Okhandya Range (Russian: 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.[1]
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.[2]
The Okhandya Range stretches in a roughly northwest–southeast direction for about 80km (50miles) from the source of the Bolshoi Maldyak River near 1844m (6,050feet) 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 2337m (7,667feet) high unnamed peak, the highest point of Magadan Oblast.[3] The range has also two other high peaks reaching 2253m (7,392feet) and 2243m (7,359feet) 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.[2]
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.[4] [2] [5]
