Pedirka Desert | |
Country: | Australia |
State: | South Australia |
Region: | Far North |
Area Km2: | 1250 |
The Pedirka Desert is a small Australian desert, about north-west of Oodnadatta and north-east of Coober Pedy in South Australia. Mount Dare and Witjira National Park are just to the north.
The desert is relatively small, occupying about .[1]
Pedirka Desert belongs to the Finke bioregion. The sands are deep-red and it is vegetated by dense mulga woodlands.[2] Dunes in the desert are low, eroded, widely spaced and positioned parallel to each other.
Although the land is not over-appealing to pastoralists, it is progressively being developed.[2]