Barndioota is a locality and former town in the southern Flinders Ranges west of Hawker.

[3][1] The traditional owners of the area are the Adnyamathanha peoples.

[5] Mount Eyre which is located in the northern part of the locality was "the northernmost point of Eyre's 1839 expedition and named by Governor Gawler on 11 July 1839.

"[6][7] In April 2016, Wallerberdina Station in Barndioota was proposed as a possible site for a government-owned nuclear waste storage facility.

[8] The proposal met opposition from locals, Aboriginal people and environmental groups.