Lockhart River (Queensland)

For the town, see Lockhart River, Queensland.

The Lockhart River is a river in Queensland, Australia.

Lockhart
Quintell Beach, Lockhart River
Location of Lockhart river mouth in Queensland
Etymology	Hugh Lockhart
Location
Country	Australia
Territory	Queensland
Region	Far North Queensland
Physical characteristics
Source	Chester Peak
• location	Chester Range, Cape York Peninsula, Australia
• elevation	46 m (151 ft)
Mouth	Lloyd Bay
• location	Coral Sea, Australia
• coordinates	12°56′59″S 143°23′37″E
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	36 km (22 mi)
Basin size	765 km2 (295 sq mi)[1]
Discharge
• location	Near mouth
• average	12.5 m3/s (390 GL/a)[1]
[2]

The headwaters of the river rise under Chester Peak in the Chester Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, and flows northwards. It continues past High Range and Heming Range eventually discharging into Lloyd Bay in the Coral Sea.

The river has a catchment area of 2,883 square kilometres (1,113 sq mi) of which an area of 134 square kilometres (52 sq mi) is composed of estuarine wetlands.^[3]

Named by the explorer Robert Logan Jack in 1880 after his friend Hugh Lockhart.^[4]

See also

• Water portal
• Environment portal
• Queensland portal

• List of rivers of Australia § Queensland