The range runs roughly from west to east at the southern end of the
Sakha Republic and the northern limit of
Amur Oblast for roughly . It is bound by the
Olyokma River in the west (which separates it from the
Stanovoy Highlands to the west) and the
Uchur River in the east (which separates it from the
Dzhugdzhur Range in
Khabarovsk Krai to the east). The
Aldan Highlands are located to the north of the eastern part of the range and the
Olyokma-Chara Plateau to the northwest. The
Yankan –
Tukuringra –
Soktakhan –
Dzhagdy group of mountain ranges rise to the south and the
Maya Range to the southeast. The highest point of the range is
Skalisty Golets, a
‘’golets’’-type mountain with a bald peak, at .
Hydrography The Stanovoy Range separates the watershed of the
Arctic Ocean (basin of the
Lena) from that of the
Pacific Ocean (
Amur basin). The range has many glaciers, which are among the main sources of the Lena. Rivers
Maya and
Timpton have their sources in the range. The
Zeya has its sources in the
Toko-Stanovik subrange located at the eastern end. ==See also==