Rabelais (crater)

Rabelais is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 154 km. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976. Rabelais is named for the French writer François Rabelais.

The crater Ma Chih-Yuan is to the west of Rabelais, Coleridge is to the north, and Khansa is to the east.

The scarps of Adventure Rupes are to the south. A scarp that is informally named Rabelais Dorsum cuts across Adventure Rupes.