Stewart River (Queensland)
The Stewart River is a river located in the Cape York Peninsula of Far North Queensland, Australia.
The headwaters of the Stewart River rise in McIlwraith Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, northeast of. The river flows generally south, then south by east and then finally east, joined by two minor tributaries before reaching its mouth and emptying into the Coral Sea at Port Stewart. The river descends over its course.
The river has a catchment area of of which an area of is composed of estuarine wetlands.
The river was named after a member of the 1872 exploration party led by William Hann with the family name of Stewart.
