The Ophthalmia Range is a range in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It is approximately 1,190 kilometres (739 mi) north of Perth; the nearest town is Newman, approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) to the south in the Hamersley Range. There are several misspellings of the name Ophthalmia, including: "Opthalmia" on page 670 of the 1975 Australia 1:250,000 Map Series Gazetteer published by the Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, and "Opthamalia"/"Opthalmania" on pages 161 and 223, respectively, with the latter spelling in the Index on page 445 in the 1990 Canning Stock Route: A Traveller's Guide for a Journey Through History book by Ronele and Eric Gard, published by Western Desert Guides, Wembley Downs, W.A.; there is an Index entry under Opthalmania Range for page 232,