Download coordinates as: Mount Elliot is a rural locality in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

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] The mountain was most likely named by Thomas Stewart, captain of the merchant ship, Lady Elliot, which sailed from Calcutta to Sydney in 1815-1816.

It is believed the ship was named after the wife of Hugh Elliot, Privy Counsellor, and Governor of Madras from 1814 to 1820.

[12] From 1846 until 1863, shipwreck survivor James Morrill lived with the Aboriginal clan whose country was Mount Elliot and the surrounding area.