BRIEF DESCRIPTION
A continental area with several badly damaged craters. The effects of the cataclysm that created Mare Imbrium can be seen crossing this area. There is an interesting row of 'diminishing' craters: Halley, Hind, Hipparchus C and Hipparchus L. The Apollo 16 mission landed some distance north of the crater Descartes. Refer to your copy of the Antonin Rukl lunar atlas chart, page 117.

EARTH-BASED TELESCOPIC IMAGES:
Image - Abulfeda (Poyet) 

LUNAR ORBITER IMAGES:
Lunar Orbiter Database
Abulfeda, 62 km
Andel, 35 km
Burnham, 25 km
Descartes, 48 km
Dolland, 11.1 km
Halley, 36 km
Hind, 13 km
Hipparchus, 150 km
Horrocks, 30 km
Lade, 56 km
Lindsay, 32 km
Pickering, 15 km
Ritchey, 25 km
Saunder, 45 km
Theon Junior, 18.6 km/Theon Senior, 18.2 km

APOLLO IMAGES:
Apollo 16 Multimedia - Apollo 16 Digital Picture Library
Apollo 16 70mm Image Catalog
Landing Sites Map

RESEARCH UPDATES:
Moon Shot - The Lunascan Project Report on Apollo 16
AS16-0839(M) - Great oblique shot of Hipparchus looking toward Sinus Medii (SP-362,177)
AS16-0982(M) Imbrium basin near Albategnius (AOTM, SP-362)
AS16-0982(M) Albategnius & Halley (AOTM, SP-362)
AS16- 0700(M) The Central Highlands, Oblique View of Apollo 16 site (AOTM, SP-362)
AS16-0976(M) The Central Highlands, Vertical View (AOTM, SP-362)
AS16-0974(M) The Central Highlands, Vertical View (AOTM, SP-362)
AS16-124-19829(H), 19830(H), 19831(H) Rugged close-up of 16 Site (AOTM, SP-362)
AS16-0566(M) The Descartes Landing Site (AOTM, SP-362)
AS16-4558(P)  The Apollo 16 Landing Site (AOTM, SP-362)
Abulfeda (Lunascan)
Sunrise Ray in Burnham (Robinson)