Wergeland (crater)

{{short description|Crater on Mercury}}

{{Infobox crater data

| title = Wergeland

| image = Wergeland crater MESSENGER WAC.jpg

| caption = MESSENGER WAC mosaic

| globe = Mercury

| coordinates = {{coord|37.93|S|56.36|W|globe:mercury_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| diameter = 42 km

| eponym = Henrik Arnold Wergeland

}}

File:Wergeland crater EN0223401013M.jpg image]]

Wergeland is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976, after the Norwegian poet Henrik Arnold Wergeland.{{cite web |url = http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/6522 |title = Wergeland |publisher = NASA |work = Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |accessdate = 15 January 2020}}

Hollows are present within Wergeland.

The peak-ring basin Chekhov is to the west of Wergeland.