Lake Cadibarrawirracanna

{{Short description|Salt lake in South Australia}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

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| name = Lake Cadibarrawirracanna

| image = ISS027-E-11705 - View of South Australia.jpg

| caption = View of lake taken during ISS Expedition 27

| pushpin_map = Australia South Australia

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in South Australia

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| location = Anna Creek, South Australia{{cite web|title=Search results for "Lake Cadibarrawirracanna, LAKE" with the following datasets selected - 'Water Bodies', 'Suburbs and localities', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'|url= http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=roads&x=135.7012&y=-28.92849&z=11&uids=164,19,20,105&pinx=135.479570&piny=-28.853230&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Lake+Cadibarrawirracanna,+Lake |website=Location SA Map Viewer|publisher= Government of South Australia|access-date=2 October 2019}}

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| type = Salt lake

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| width = {{convert|6|mi|km|order=flip}}

| area = {{convert|85|mi2|km2|order=flip}}

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Lake Cadibarrawirracanna, informally known as Lake Cadi, is a salt lake located in the Australian state of South Australia in the locality of Anna Creek in the state's Far North region about {{convert|735|km}} north-west of the state capital of Adelaide.{{cite web |title=Public access routes to pastoral land in South Australia |url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/sharedassets/sa_arid_lands/land/rangelands-public-access-routes-fact.pdf |publisher=Government of South Australia |accessdate=2 October 2019 |page=3}}

A South Australian government source describes the lake as having a length of {{convert|20|mi|km|order=flip}}, a width of {{convert|6|mi|km|order=flip}} and an area of {{convert|85|mi2|km2|order=flip}}.

Lake Cadibarrawirracanna, meaning the stars were dancing, is said to be the second longest official place name in Australia. In Arabana language, it is "Kardipirla warrakanha", where kardipirla is stars, warra- is dance, play, -ka is simple past tense, and -nha is a proper noun marker.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

The lake is located within the boundaries of the Anna Creek Station pastoral lease and has public access established under the Pastoral Land Management and Conservation Act 1989 via an access road connecting to the Coober Pedy to William Creek Road about {{convert|6.5|km}} to the south. The intersection with the access road is about {{convert|88|km}} from Coober Pedy in the west and about {{convert|77|km}} from William Creek in the east.{{cite web|title=Outback Road Names Sheet 1 of 5 (North West) |url=https://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/8701/Outback-Road-Names-North-West.pdf|publisher=Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure|date=21 January 2014|access-date=3 October 2019}}

The lake is the subject of a song named "Carra Barra Wirra Canna" written by Morva Cogan and which was recorded in the 1960s by the Australian singer and musician, Rolf Harris.{{Citation | last1=Cogan |first1=Morva | title=Carra barra wirra canna : an Aboriginal lullaby arranged as a two-part song for soprano and alto voices with piano | publication-date=1965 | publisher=Castle Music | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/27866413 | access-date=3 October 2019 }}{{cite web |title=Carra Barra Wirra Canna -- Rolf Harris |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uswb6UejP7Q | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622080734/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uswb6UejP7Q| archive-date=2014-06-22 | url-status=dead|publisher=YouTube |accessdate=2 October 2019}}