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): 123 |
| 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. Burney is the only known impact basin on Pluto with visible multiple rims and is thus classified as a multi-ringed impact basin, though its rings have been heavily eroded due to Burney's age.