White Mountain

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White Mountain is the English translation of the Hawaiian name "Mauna Kea," referring to the prominent dormant volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
White Mountain canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical observation site
dormant volcano
mountain
shield volcano
accessRoad Mauna Kea Access Road
age about 1 million years
baseLocation Pacific Ocean floor
belongsToVolcanicSystem Hawaiian hotspot
considered sacred mountain
elevationAboveSeaLevel 13803 feet
4207.3 meters
EnglishName White Mountain
governedBy University of Hawaii
hasAstronomicalObservatories true
hasCrater eroded summit cinder cones
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Native Hawaiians
hasGlacialFeatures true
hasLandUseControversy telescope construction
hasPermafrost true
hasSnowSeasonally true
hasSummitLake Lake Waiau
hostsFacility Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope
Gemini North telescope
Subaru Telescope
W. M. Keck Observatory
isHigherThan Mauna Loa
isHighestPointOf Hawaii
linked to: Hawaiʻi (island)

Hawaii Island
isOneOf tallest mountains on Earth from base to summit
knownFor dry stable atmosphere
excellent astronomical seeing conditions
minimal light pollution
lastEruption about 4000 to 6000 years ago
locatedIn Hawaii Island
State of Hawaii
linked to: Hawaii

United States
locatedOn Pacific Plate
measuredFromBaseHeight over 10000 meters
over 33000 feet
nearCity Hilo
Waimea
partOf Hawaiian Islands
Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
prominence 4023 meters
summitEnvironment alpine desert
traditionalNameMeaning White Mountain
volcanicStatus dormant
volcanoType shield volcano

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mauna Kea nameMeaning White Mountain
Mauna Kea EnglishName White Mountain
subject linked to: White Mountain
Mauna Kea traditionalNameMeaning White Mountain
subject linked to: White Mountain