Travers (crater)

{{short description|Crater on Mercury}}

{{Infobox crater data

| title = Travers

| image = Travers crater EN0220024805M.jpg

| caption = MESSENGER NAC image

| globe = Mercury

| coordinates = {{coord|28.0|S|329.1|W|globe:mercury_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| diameter = {{cvt|164|km}}

| eponym = P. L. Travers

}}

File:Travers crater EN0249870170M.jpg

Travers is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2018, after the British writer Pamela Lyndon Travers.{{cite web |url = http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15773 |title = Travers |publisher = NASA |work = Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |accessdate = 31 March 2020}}

The scarps cutting across Travers crater are called Kainan Rupes. They extend to the southwest of the crater.