Burney (crater)
A New Horizons of Burney basin, center. Its heavily eroded state makes it difficult to discern; its concentric rings are only slightly brighter than the surrounding plains | |
| Feature type | Multi-ring impact basin |
|---|---|
| Location | Venera Terra, Pluto |
| Coordinates | 45°41′N 133°47′E / 45.68°N 133.79°E |
| Diameter | 296–350 km (184–217 mi) |
| Depth | ~1.8–3 km (1.1–1.9 mi) |
| Discoverer | New Horizons |
| Eponym | Venetia Burney (1918–2009) |
Burney is the second-largest known impact basin on the dwarf planet Pluto. With a diameter of over 290 kilometres (180 miles) and possibly up to 350 kilometres (220 miles), it is the second-largest known impact basin on Pluto, after the Sputnik Planitia basin. Located to the northwest of Sputnik Planitia, Burney lies in heavily glaciated terrain covered in frozen nitrogen and methane. Burney is the only known impact basin on Pluto with multiple rims—a multi-ringed impact basin—though its 2–4 rings have been heavily eroded due to Burney's age.