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{{Short description|Mountain pass in Tasmania, Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox mountain pass
| name = Pelion Gap
| photo = Pelion Gap.jpg
| photo_caption = Wooden platform at Pelion Gap
| elevation_m = 1126
| elevation_ref = <ref name="height">{{cite web
  | title = LISTmap (Pelion Gap)
  | publisher = Tasmanian Government Department of Primary Industries and Water
  | url = http://www.thelist.tas.gov.au/listmap/listmap.jsp?llx=421500&lly=5364600&urx=422500&ury=5365000&layers=17
  | accessdate = 2008-02-29 }}</ref><br />
or<br />
{{convert|1113|m|ft|0}}<ref name="height2">[[:Image:Pelion Gap sign.jpg|Text on sign at Pelion Gap]]</ref>
| traversed = 
| location = [[Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park]], [[Tasmania]], [[Australia]], Approximately mid-distance along the [[Overland Track]]
| range = 
| coordinates = {{coord|41|51|52.52|S|146|3|32.26|E|type:pass_region:AU|display=inline,title}}
| topo = 
}}

'''Pelion Gap''' ({{convert|1126|m|ft|0}}<ref name="height"/> or {{convert|1113|m|ft|0}}<ref name="height2"/>) is the [[mountain pass]] between Mount Doris and [[Mount Ossa (Tasmania)|Mount Ossa]] to the south and [[Mount Pelion East]] to the north through which the [[Overland Track]] in [[Tasmania]] passes.

This is a popular resting place for walkers on the Overland Track as it is the highest point between Pelion Hut and Kia Ora Hut, is approximately halfway between the two and also has a large wooden platform surrounded by log seating.

Pelion Gap is also the starting point for two side-trip climbs; Mount Ossa and Mount Pelion East.

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Image:Looking down on Pelion Gap.jpg|Looking down on Pelion Gap with Mount Doris in the foreground and Mount Ossa in the background
Image:Pelion Gap sign.jpg|Sign at Pelion Gap
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park]]
*[[Mount Ossa (Tasmania)|Mount Ossa]]
*[[Mount Pelion East]]

==References==
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[[Category:Mountain passes of Australia]]
[[Category:Central Highlands (Tasmania)]]


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