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Descartes Highlands
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<p>The Descartes Highlands is an area of <a href="/facts/Moon/zKHqEMPb">lunar</a> <a href="/facts/Lunar_highlands/vhIu0V7k">highlands</a> located on the <a href="/facts/Near_side_of_the_Moon/6sLbr6dt">near side</a> that served as the landing site of the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">American</a> <a href="/facts/Apollo_16/XQY3CDnf">Apollo 16</a> mission in early 1972. The Descartes Highlands is located in the area surrounding <a href="/facts/Descartes_(crater)/XR6oybjL">Descartes</a> crater, after which the feature received its name. </p>