Lockhart | |
Name Etymology: | Hugh Lockhart |
Pushpin Map: | Australia Queensland |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Lockhart river mouth in Queensland |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
Subdivision Type2: | Territory |
Subdivision Name2: | Queensland |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Far North Queensland |
Length: | 36km (22miles) |
Discharge1 Location: | Near mouth |
Discharge1 Avg: | [1] |
Source1: | Chester Peak |
Source1 Location: | Chester Range, Cape York Peninsula, Australia |
Source1 Elevation: | 46m (151feet) |
Mouth: | Lloyd Bay |
Mouth Location: | Coral Sea, Australia |
Mouth Coordinates: | -12.9497°N 143.3936°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0m (00feet) |
Basin Size: | 765km2[2] |
Extra: | [3] |
The Lockhart River is a river in Queensland, Australia.
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 2883km2 of which an area of 134km2 is composed of estuarine wetlands.[4]
Named by the explorer Robert Logan Jack in 1880 after his friend Hugh Lockhart.[5]