Clements Gap Conservation Park
{{about| protected area in South Australia|the associated locality|Clements Gap, South Australia}}
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| name = Clements Gap Conservation Park
| state = sa
| iucn_category = iii
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| nearest_town_or_city = Redhill
| area = 7.9
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Clements Gap Conservation Park is a protected area located in the Mid North of South Australia about {{convert|15| km}} west of Redhill, {{convert|20|km}} north east of Port Broughton and 42 metres above sea level. The park preserves an area of natural bushland and the built remnants of a small historic agricultural township, Clements Gap, about {{convert|12|km}} east of the Spencer Gulf coast. Maintained by the South Australian Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR),{{Cite web |url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/managing-natural-resources/park-management/plans-strategies-and-policies/park-management-plans |title=Park management plans |publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, Government of South Australia |access-date=23 June 2017}} the park is classified as an IUCN Category III Natural Monument or Feature.{{cite web |title=Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (see 'DETAIL' tab) |url=http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/d00ca066-1c8c-412a-9e16-2a37647454a7/files/capad2014sa.xlsx |work=CAPAD 2012 |publisher=Australian Government - Department of the Environment |access-date=23 June 2015 |date=2014}} The park is named for the surrounding farming locality of Clements Gap, a reference to the co-located pass through the Barunga Range. The Clements Gap pass in turn is thought to be named after a shepherd in the area prior to 1880, per research by local historian Rodney Cockburn.{{Cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb |work=Property Location Browser |access-date=23 June 2017 |title=Search for 'Clements Gap, LOCB' |id=SA0037028 |quote=Adjacent to section 616, Hundred of Redhill, 16 km north-west of Redhill and, according to Rodney Cockburn, named after a shepherd. |archive-date=7 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207082745/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |url-status=dead }}
History
In 1963 eight sections (439-442 and 565-568) of the Hundred of Mundoora (north east corner) were set aside and designated Mundoora Conservation Park. In 1981 the park was renamed to its present designation.{{Cite web |title=Clements Gap Conservation Park |publisher=Birds SA |url=http://www.birdssa.asn.au/location/clements-gap-conservation-park |access-date=23 June 2017}}{{Cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb |work=Property Location Browser |access-date=23 June 2017 |title=Search for 'Clements Gap Conservation Park' |id=SA0014321 |quote=Previous Name: Mundoora Conservation Park; Derivation of Name: Clements Gap; Other Details: Name change approved by Geog Names Board-vide Minutes 28/7/1983 & DL.3701/1967. |archive-date=7 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207082745/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |url-status=dead }}