Mount Elliot, Queensland

Mount Elliot is a locality in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.[2] It contains the mountain of the same name.[3] In the 2016 census, Mount Elliot had a population of 8 people.[1]

The locality contains the mountain Mount Elliot which rises to a peak of 1220 metres above sea level, with the surrounding localities at 50–100 metres above sea level. The entire locality forms part of the Bowling Green Bay National Park with the Alligator Creek and its waterfall being within the Mount Elliot part of the park.[4]

The Bruce Highway and the North Coast railway line form the northern boundary of the locality.[4] The former Clevedon railway station was on the railway line in that area and the northern part of Mount Elliot is still known as Clevedon.[5]

Mount Elliot is a watershed with the northern and western parts of the mountain draining into the Ross River which enters the Coral Sea at Townsville City and the southern and eastern parts of the mountain draining into the Haughton River which enters the Coral Sea near Giru.[4]