Iditarod River
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| Water code | US : 1403698 | |
| location | Alaska (USA) | |
| River system | Yukon River | |
| Drain over | Innoko River → Yukon River → Bering Sea | |
| Headwaters | North flank of the Kuskokwim Mountains 61 ° 46 ′ 54 ″ N , 158 ° 55 ′ 44 ″ W |
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Innoko River coordinates: 63 ° 1 '46 " N , 158 ° 45' 57" W 63 ° 1 '46 " N , 158 ° 45' 57" W. |
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| Mouth height |
17 m
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| length | approx. 520 km | |
| Left tributaries | Yetna River | |
The Iditarod River is an approx. 520 km long left tributary of the Innoko River in southwestern Alaska .
It belongs to the river system of the Yukon River .
The river has its source northeast of Chuathbaluk , around 20 km from the Kuskokwim River . It flows northwards along the western flank of the Kuskokwim Mountains , turns west at the lower reaches and flows northeast of Holikachuk into the Innoko River, which in turn flows into the Yukon. The course of the river is characterized by very strong meander formations .
AG Maddren from the United States Geological Survey reported in 1908 the name "Haidilatna" for the river, which was probably a modification of the name "Khadilotden", a village of the Ingalik . The name “Iditarod”, derived from “Haiditarod”, finally caught on. LA Sagoskin , a lieutenant in the Imperial Russian Navy , had documented two indigenous names for the river between 1842 and 1844 . The indigenous people living on the Innoko River used the name "Yalchikatna", in the catchment area of the Kuskokwim River "Tachaichagat" was common.
The ghost town of the same name is located on the Iditarod , founded in 1909 as a gold rush town and abandoned around 1930.