Iditarod River

River in Alaska, United States
61°46′54″N 158°55′44″W / 61.78167°N 158.92889°W / 61.78167; -158.92889[1] • elevation1,103 ft (336 m)[2] MouthInnoko 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 / 63.02944; -158.76583[1]
 • elevation
56 ft (17 m)[1]Length325 mi (523 km)[1]

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 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

References

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


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