# Mount Moffatt, Queensland

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Mount Moffatt is a rural locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Mount Moffatt had a population of 14 people.
Mount Moffatt's postcode is 4465.

## Geography

The locality is bounded to the north-west by the Chesterton Range, to the north and north-east by the Great Dividing Range, and to the east by the Merivale River.
The terrain is quite mountainous with the following named features (from north to south);
* Mount Rugged (24°54′00″S 147°59′55″E﻿ / ﻿24.9000°S 147.9985°E﻿ / -24.9000; 147.9985﻿ (Mount Rugged)) 1,130 metres (3,710 ft)
* Gee Gee Gap (24°55′11″S 147°53′44″E﻿ / ﻿24.9198°S 147.8955°E﻿ / -24.9198; 147.8955﻿ (Gee Gee Gap))
* Mount Campbell (25°00′24″S 147°47′38″E﻿ / ﻿25.0066°S 147.7939°E﻿ / -25.0066; 147.7939﻿ (Mount Campbell)) 949 metres (3,114 ft)
* Mount Moffatt (25°03′28″S 148°02′39″E﻿ / ﻿25.0578°S 148.0442°E﻿ / -25.0578; 148.0442﻿ (Mount Moffatt)) 1,097 metres (3,599 ft)
* The Observatory (25°04′05″S 147°59′00″E﻿ / ﻿25.0680°S 147.9832°E﻿ / -25.0680; 147.9832﻿ (The Observatory))
* Rough Mountain (25°05′47″S 147°48′20″E﻿ / ﻿25.0963°S 147.8055°E﻿ / -25.0963; 147.8055﻿ (Rough Mountain))
* Mount Macleay (25°07′22″S 147°58′30″E﻿ / ﻿25.1229°S 147.9751°E﻿ / -25.1229; 147.9751﻿ (Mount Macleay)) 870 metres (2,850 ft)
* Mount Judy (25°09′39″S 147°45′01″E﻿ / ﻿25.1607°S 147.7502°E﻿ / -25.1607; 147.7502﻿ (Mount Judy)) 833 metres (2,733 ft)
* Mount Misery (25°13′02″S 147°42′53″E﻿ / ﻿25.2173°S 147.7148°E﻿ / -25.2173; 147.7148﻿ (Mount Misery)) 903 metres (2,963 ft)
* Mount Clift (25°16′56″S 147°38′24″E﻿ / ﻿25.2822°S 147.6400°E﻿ / -25.2822; 147.6400﻿ (Mount Clift)) 842 metres (2,762 ft)
* Mount Ogilby (25°17′11″S 147°54′36″E﻿ / ﻿25.2863°S 147.9100°E﻿ / -25.2863; 147.9100﻿ (Mount Ogilby)) 984 metres (3,228 ft)
* Ogilby Knob (25°17′55″S 147°53′53″E﻿ / ﻿25.2987°S 147.8980°E﻿ / -25.2987; 147.8980﻿ (Ogilby Knob))
* Mount Eddystone (25°18′08″S 147°49′47″E﻿ / ﻿25.3021°S 147.8297°E﻿ / -25.3021; 147.8297﻿ (Mount Eddystone)) 890 metres (2,920 ft)
The Maranoa River rises in the locality with the west branch rising in the north of the locality (24°56′31″S 148°01′54″E﻿ / ﻿24.94185°S 148.03174°E﻿ / -24.94185; 148.03174﻿ (Maranoa River (west branch))) and the east branch rising in the north-east of the locality (25°01′14″S 148°05′25″E﻿ / ﻿25.02058°S 148.09040°E﻿ / -25.02058; 148.09040﻿ (Maranoa River (east branch))). The two branches of the river flow south with their confluence in the south of the locality (25°17′18″S 147°46′01″E﻿ / ﻿25.28844°S 147.76686°E﻿ / -25.28844; 147.76686﻿ (Maranoa River (confluence))).
There are a number of protected areas within the locality:
* part of the Carnarvon National Park is in the north of the locality
* the McLeay State Forest is in the east of the locality
* the Forfar State Forest is in the south-east of the locality
* part of the Attica State Forest is in the south-west of the locality
Apart from the protected areas, the land use is grazing on native vegetation.

## History

The locality was initially called Mount Moffat, but changed to Mount Moffatt on 18 October 2002. It is presumably named after the mountain Mount Moffatt within the locality.

## Demographics

In the 2016 census, Mount Moffatt had "no people or a very low population".
In the 2021 census, Mount Moffatt had a population of 14 people.

## Education

There are no schools in Mount Moffatt nor nearby. The options are distance education and boarding school.