Yamsk Range

The coastal mountains east of the Yama look toward Shelikhov Gulf, the northeastern arm of the Sea of Okhotsk. Rivers descend through their valleys to a coast broken by bays and peninsulas. To the west, the Yama flows from the Maymandzhin Range to an estuary behind a sandspit at Yam Bay. The exposed uplands and the neighbouring sea form a rugged boundary between the Siberian interior and the Pacific waters.