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Descartes Highlands

lunar highlands on the near side that served as the landing site of the American Apollo 16 mission in 1972
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Descartes Highlands

Summary

Descartes Highlands is a highland[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of highland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (128 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Descartes Highlands's instance of is recorded as highland[3].
  • The location of Descartes Highlands was LQ20[4].
  • Descartes Highlands's located on astronomical body is recorded as Moon[5].
  • Descartes Highlands's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -8.973011111111111, 'lon': 15.50018888888889}[6].

Why It Matters

Descartes Highlands ranks in the top 8% of highland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (128 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Descartes Highlands. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/descartes-highlands
MLA “Descartes Highlands.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/descartes-highlands.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_descartes-highlands_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Descartes Highlands}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/descartes-highlands}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 5d ago · Dirac · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Instance of → highland
    Coordinates → —
    Location → LQ20
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P18]]: Apollo 16 landingsite.jpg, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/261411|batch #261411]]"
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