Lake Cadibarrawirracanna, informally known as Lake Cadi, is a

salt lake A salt lake or saline lake is a landlocked body of water that has a concentration of salts (typically sodium chloride) and other dissolved minerals significantly higher than most lakes (often defined as at least three grams of salt per litre). ...

located in the Australian state of

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in the locality of Anna Creek in the state's Far North region about north-west of the state capital of

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. A South Australian government source describes the lake as having a length of , a width of and an area of . Lake Cadibarrawirracanna, meaning ''the stars were dancing'', is said to be the second longest official place name in

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. In

Arabana language Arabana or Arabuna is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Pama–Nyungan family, spoken by the Wongkanguru and Arabana people. The language is in steep decline, with an estimated 250 speakers according to 2004 NILS, to just 21 speakers ...

, it is "Kardipirla warrakanha", where kardipirla is stars, warra- is dance, play, -ka is simple past tense, and -nha is a proper noun marker The lake is located within the boundaries of the

Anna Creek Station Anna Creek Station is the world's largest working cattle station. It is located in the Australian state of South Australia. Description Anna Creek Station has an area of which is slightly larger than Israel. It is larger than its nearest r ...

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 to the south. The intersection with the access road is about from

Coober Pedy Coober Pedy () is a town in northern South Australia, north of Adelaide on the Stuart Highway. The town is sometimes referred to as the "opal capital of the world" because of the quantity of precious opals that are mined there. Coober Pedy is ...

in the west and about from William Creek in the east. 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,

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Cadibarrawirracanna Far North (South Australia) {{SouthAustralia-geo-stub

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