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
Iditarod River is located in Alaska
Iditarod River
Location of the mouth of the Iditarod River in Alaska
Location
CountryUnited States
StateAlaska
Census AreaBethel, Yukon–Koyukuk
Physical characteristics
Sourcenorth of the Russian Mountains
 • locationnorth of Chuathbaluk on the Kuskokwim River, Bethel Census Area
 • coordinates61°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]

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.

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References

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  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.