Pedirka Desert

The Pedirka Desert (English Pedirka Desert ) is a desert in Australia. It is the smallest desert of Australia with an area of 1,250 km ² and is located between the Simpson Desert and Great Victoria Desert, without their spatial connectivity.

Location

The desert is located about 100 km northwest of Oodnadatta and about 250 km north-east of Coober Pedy in South Australia. The Pedirka Desert is a dune field in the northwest of Oodnadatta, which extends further to the Witjira National Park. It is bordered to the north by Hamilton Creek. To the north of this creek is a stony plain.

Landscape

At Hamilton Creek grow red gum, also Collabah and mulga bushes. On the dunes open spaces also bushes and grass. Under the Pedirka Desert lies the much larger geological sedimentary basins, the Pedirka Basin.

Infrastructure

The Pedirka Desert is accessed through the Oodnadatta Track, Dalhousie Springs and the Witjira National Park connects. In the desert there are several drinking water sources that have been drilled for the livestock industry.