Mauna Kea

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Mauna Kea is a dormant volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island renowned both as the state’s tallest mountain and as one of the world’s premier sites for astronomical observatories.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Mauna Kea canonical 33
Maunakea 5
Maunakea, Hawaii 4

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical observatory site
dormant volcano
mountain
consideredSacredBy Native Hawaiians
elevationAboveSeaLevel 13803 feet
4207.3 meters
governedBy State of Hawaii
linked to: Hawaii
hasAccessRoad Mauna Kea Access Road
hasAge about 1 million years
hasAlternativeName Maunakea
linked to: Mauna Kea
hasClimate alpine climate at summit
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Native Hawaiians
hasEnvironmentalIssue Thirty Meter Telescope protests
telescope construction controversy
hasGlaciation Pleistocene glaciation
hasLandUse astronomical observation
cultural practices
recreation
hasObservatory Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope
Gemini North
James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
NASA Infrared Telescope Facility
Subaru Telescope
Submillimeter Array
United Kingdom Infrared Telescope
W. M. Keck Observatory
hasProtectedArea Mauna Kea Ice Age Natural Area Reserve
Mauna Kea Science Reserve
hasSummitFeature cinder cones
glacial deposits
isHighestPointOf Hawaii Island
linked to: Hawaiʻi (island)

State of Hawaii
linked to: Hawaii
isVisibleFrom Hilo
Waimea
knownFor astronomical observatories
dry atmosphere
excellent seeing conditions
minimal light pollution
lastEruption about 2460 BCE
locatedIn Hawaii Island
linked to: Hawaiʻi (island)

State of Hawaii
linked to: Hawaii

United States
managedBy University of Hawaii
mountainRange Hawaiian Islands
nameMeaning White Mountain
partOf Hawaiian Islands
Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
prominence 4023 meters
status dormant
volcanicArcOrBelt Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
volcanoType shield volcano

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Hawaii highestPoint Mauna Kea
Mauna Kea hasAlternativeName Maunakea
linked to: Mauna Kea
Hawaiʻi (island) hasVolcano Mauna Kea
Hilo near Mauna Kea
Hawaiian Islands highestPoint Mauna Kea
Gemini North Observatory locatedOn Maunakea
linked to: Mauna Kea
Maunakea Street hasNameElement Mauna Kea
Mauna Kea Access Road locatedOn Mauna Kea
Mauna Kea Access Road providesAccessTo Mauna Kea summit
linked to: Mauna Kea
Mauna Kea Access Road climbs Mauna Kea
Subaru Telescope locatedOn Mauna Kea
Submillimeter Array hasLocation Maunakea
linked to: Mauna Kea
Waimea, Hawaii County, Hawaii hasViewOf Mauna Kea
subject linked to: Waimea
Waimea, Hawaii County, Hawaii locatedOnSlopeOf Mauna Kea
subject linked to: Waimea
Waimea, Hawaii County, Hawaii hasNearbyVolcano Mauna Kea
subject linked to: Waimea
Hawaii County hasVolcano Mauna Kea
Parker Ranch locatedNear Mauna Kea
Kohala neighboringVolcano Mauna Kea
Kohala isNorthOf Mauna Kea summit
linked to: Mauna Kea
Hualālai isYoungerThan Mauna Kea
subject linked to: Hualālai volcano
TMT plannedLocation Mauna Kea, Hawaii, United States
linked to: Mauna Kea
Gemini North locatedIn Maunakea
subject linked to: Gemini Observatory
linked to: Mauna Kea
Mauna Loa summit hasViewOf Mauna Kea
GMOS-N telescopeLocation Maunakea, Hawaii
linked to: Mauna Kea
NIRI telescopeLocation Maunakea, Hawaii
linked to: Mauna Kea
Altair adaptive optics system locatedOn Maunakea
linked to: Mauna Kea
GRACES locatedOn Maunakea, Hawaii
linked to: Mauna Kea
GNIRS telescopeLocation Maunakea, Hawaii
linked to: Mauna Kea