The Stewart River is a river located in the

Cape York Peninsula Cape York Peninsula is a large peninsula located in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is the largest unspoiled wilderness in northern Australia.Mittermeier, R.E. et al. (2002). Wilderness: Earth’s last wild places. Mexico City: Agrupació ...

of Far North Queensland, Australia. The headwaters of the Stewart River rise in

McIlwraith Range The McIlwraith Range is a rugged, dissected granite plateau on Cape York Peninsula of Far North Queensland, Australia. Part of the Great Dividing Range, the McIlwraith Range covers about and lies about east of the town of Coen, and north ...

, 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 A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainag ...

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 William Hann (26 February 1837 – 5 April 1889) was a pastoralist and explorer in northern Queensland, Australia. His expedition in 1872 found the first indications of the Palmer River goldfield. Early life He was born in Wiltshire, England, ...

with the family name of ''Stewart''.

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{{Rivers of Queensland Rivers of Far North Queensland Bodies of water of the Coral Sea

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