Innoko River

The Innoko River (/ɪˈnoʊkoʊ/; Russian: Инноко) is a 500-mile (800 km) tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] It flows north from its origin south of Cloudy Mountain in the Kuskokwim Mountains and then southwest to meet the larger river across from Holy Cross.[3]

Innoko River
Innoko River in summer
Location of the mouth of the Innoko River in Alaska
Location
CountryUnited States
StateAlaska
Census AreaYukon–Koyukuk
Physical characteristics
Sourcesouth of Cloudy Mountain
 • locationInnoko National Wildlife Refuge
 • coordinates63°08′55″N 156°01′30″W[1]
 • elevation2,325 ft (709 m)[2]
MouthYukon River
 • location
1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Holy Cross
 • coordinates
62°11′45″N 159°43′15″W[1]
 • elevation
26 ft (7.9 m)[1]
Length500 mi (800 km)[1]

Most of its upper portion flows through the Innoko National Wildlife Refuge.[3] The entire river is within the Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area.[1]

Innoko is a Deg Hit’an name for the river.[4] The Russian colonial administrators also called the river Shiltonotno, Legon or Tlegon, Chagelyuk or Shageluk and Ittege at various times in the 19th century.[1]

See also

References
  1. "Innoko River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 31, 1981. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
  2. Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
  3. Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. pp. 100, 131. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.
  4. Bright, William (2004). Native American Place Names of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 184. ISBN 0-8061-3576-X. Retrieved November 7, 2011.



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