The Iditarod River is a 325-mile (523 km) tributary of the Innoko River in the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] 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 River | |
|---|---|
  Location of the mouth of the Iditarod River in Alaska | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Census Area | Bethel, Yukon–Koyukuk |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | north of the Russian Mountains |
| • location | north of Chuathbaluk on the Kuskokwim River, Bethel Census Area |
| • coordinates | 61°46′54″N 158°55′44″W / 61.78167°N 158.92889°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,103 ft (336 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Innoko River |
• location | 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Holikachuk, Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area |
• coordinates | 63°01′46″N 158°45′57″W / 63.02944°N 158.76583°W[1] |
• elevation | 56 ft (17 m)[1] |
| Length | 325 mi (523 km)[1] |
Iditarod is an Anglicization of the Deg Hit’an (Athabascan) name for the river, Haiditirod or Haidilatna,[1] 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.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Iditarod River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. January 1, 2000. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
- ^ Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
- ^ Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.
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