Apollo 16's landing spot in the highlands was chosen to allow the astronauts to gather geologically older lunar material than the samples obtained in the first four landings, which were in or near lunar maria.
O punto de aluaxe do Apolo 16 nas terras altas foi elixido para permitir que os astronautas reunisen material Lunar xeologicamente máis antigo que as mostras obtidas nas primeiras catro aluaxes, as cales estiveran preto ou dentro do Mar Lunar.