Definitions for "Highlands"
heavily cratered older part of Moon's surface.
areas on the Moon covered with craters
The densely cratered portions of the Moon that are typically at higher elevations than the mare plains. The highlands contain a significant proportion of anorthosite, an igneous rock made up almost entirely of plagioclase feldspar.
The part of Scotland situated North of the line Greenock-Dundee, as opposed to the Lowlands. They are mainly mountainous lands producing Malt Whiskies which have benefited for a long time of a high reputation.
That portion of Scotland which lies north of a line roughly between Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Land that is hilly or mountainous .