Piccaninny crater

[1] The site is marked by a circular topographic feature on top of the flat-topped sandstone and conglomerate Bungle Bungle Range, clearly visible on remotely sensed images.

[2] When first reported in 1983 after aerial observation, it was interpreted as either an impact structure or a cryptovolcanic feature.

[4] The circular topographic feature is 7 km in diameter, although due to the amount of erosion the original crater may have been larger.

It has been estimated that the present land surface is 1–2 km below the original crater floor.

[4] The impact event has not been dated, and must be younger than the Devonian age of the rocks in the area, but is clearly not recent because of the amount of erosion.

Oblique Landsat image draped over digital elevation data (x3 vertical exaggeration), eroded remnant of Piccaninny crater (circular feature in centre); screen capture from the NASA World Wind program