Stanovoy Range

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Stanovoy Range (Russian: Станово́й хребе́т, Chinese: 外兴安岭), or Outer Khingan Range, also spelled as Stanovoy Range, is a mountain range located in southeastern parts of the Russian Far East. About 725 km long, it runs generally east-west from the Olyokma River to the Mayar River, close to the Sea of Okhotsk, and delimits the watersheds of the Lena and Amur Rivers. Its highest point is Mount Skalisty at 2,482 meters (8,143 ft).

The range has many glaciers, which are the main source of the Lena River.

Although almost entirely uninhabited, the range is significant in history as the treaty definition of the border between Russia and China, in the Nerchinsk Treaty (1689).

The Yablonovy Range may be considered a southwestern extension of the Stavonoy.