Iditarod River

Iditarod River
Country United States
State Alaska
Census Area Bethel, YukonKoyukuk
Source north of the Russian Mountains
 - location north of Chuathbaluk on the Kuskokwim River, Bethel Census Area
 - elevation 1,103 ft (336 m) [1]
 - coordinates 61°46′54″N 158°55′44″W / 61.78167°N 158.92889°W / 61.78167; -158.92889 [2]
Mouth Innoko River
 - location 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Holikachuk, YukonKoyukuk Census Area
 - elevation 56 ft (17 m) [2]
 - coordinates 63°01′46″N 158°45′57″W / 63.02944°N 158.76583°W / 63.02944; -158.76583Coordinates: 63°01′46″N 158°45′57″W / 63.02944°N 158.76583°W / 63.02944; -158.76583 [2]
Length 325 mi (523 km) [2]
Location of the mouth of the Iditarod River in Alaska

The Iditarod River is a 325-mile (523 km) tributary of the Innoko River in the U.S. state of Alaska.[2] The river begins north of Chuathbaluk and the Russian Mountains and flows northeast and then west to meet the larger river near Holikachuk.[3]

Iditarod is an Anglicization of the Deg Hit’an (Athabascan) name for the river, Haiditirod or Haidilatna,[2] which is probably an English version of the name of a village on the river, that may have corresponded with the village called Iditarod in the 1900s.

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References

  1. Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Iditarod River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. January 1, 2000. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
  3. Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.


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