The Moma Range (, Momsky Khrebet; ) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic of the Russian Federation.Momsky Khrebet / Great Soviet Encyclopedia; in 35 vols. / Ch. ed. Yu. S. Osipov. 2004—2017. The nearest town is Khonuu, served by Moma Airport.
Etymology The name originated in the Evenki language, where "мома" means wood, timber or tree.
Geography The Moma Range extends from NW to SE for almost southeast of the southern end of the Selennyakh Range and north of the Ulakhan-Chistay Range, the highest subrange of the Chersky Range system. It is parallel to the latter and separated from it by a wide intermontane basin, where the Moma River flows from the southeast and joins the Indigirka. Turning northwards, the Indigirka River cuts deeply across the range in its northwestern part. The Aby Lowland, part of the Yana-Indigirka Lowland, lies to the north and the Alazeya Plateau to the east.Google Earth
The highest point of the Moma Range is an unnamed high peak located very near the Arctic Circle. Rivers Badyarikha, a tributary of the Indigirka, and Ozhogina, a tributary of the Kolyma, flow from the northern slopes of the Moma Range.
In some works the Moma Range is included in the Chersky mountain system.Chersky Range // Great Russian Encyclopedia : [in 35 vols.] / Ch. ed. Yu.S. Osipov . - M, 2004—2017.
See also List of ultras of Northeast Asia
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