Horrocks Pass

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{{Infobox mountain pass

| name = Horrocks Pass

| photo = File:Horrocks Pass lookout.jpg

| photo_caption = View of Horrocks Pass facing east from Nectar Brook

| elevation_m = 462

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| traversed = Horrocks Pass Road

| location = South Australia, Australia

| range = Flinders Ranges

| coordinates = {{coord|32.6403|S|138.0375|E |format=dms |region:AU-SA_type:pass |display=inline,title}}

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Horrocks Pass is a geographical location in the Australian state of South Australia in the localities of Nectar Brook and Woolundunga in the southern Flinders Ranges, about {{convert|6|km}} west of the town of Wilmington. Horrocks Pass Road travels through the pass from Wilmington to the Augusta Highway in the west.{{cite web|title=DC Mount Remarkable, Rural Roads, Rack Plan 876|url=https://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/36510/Mount-Remarkable-Rack-Plan-002.pdf|website=Rural Roads|publisher=South Australian government|accessdate=8 February 2018|date=October 2017}} It was discovered by and named after John Horrocks who travelled through the area with his party in August 1846 during his ill-fated exploration of land north of Spencer Gulf.{{cite web|title=Search results for 'Horrocks Pass' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetteer'|url=http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/|website=Location SA Map Viewer|publisher=South Australian government|accessdate=7 February 2018}} At the top of the pass is a lookout and monument to Horrocks and his party which was erected by the District Councils of Wilmington and Port Germein and dedicated on 21 September 1946.{{cite web|last1=Manning|first1=Geoffrey H.|title=Horrocks, Mount & Horrocks Pass|url=http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/digitalpubs/placenamesofsouthaustralia/H.pdf|website=A Compendium of the Place Names of South Australia From Aaron Creek to Zion Hill With 54 Complementary Appendices|publisher=Geoffrey H. Manning|accessdate=8 February 2018|date=2012}}