Iditarod River

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[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[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

• List of rivers of Alaska