Yamsk Range

The mountains around Yam Bay rise above the northeastern coast of the Sea of Okhotsk. The Yama crosses the inland highlands before reaching a sheltered estuary near the bay, where a sandspit separates river water from the sea. Ridges and valleys define the country behind the shore, part of the mountainous border between the Siberian interior and Shelikhov Gulf. Winter cold and the sea's seasonal ice shape this northern coast.