Mauna Kea
Mauna Kea is a dormant shield volcano on the island of Hawaiʻi. Its peak is 13,803 feet above sea level, making it the highest point in Hawaii and the island with the second highest high point, behind New Guinea.Places of Interest
Highlights: W. M. Keck Observatory and NASA Infrared Telescope Facility.
Mauna Kea
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 4,147 metres
- Also known as: “Kea”, “Mauna Kea Volcano”, “Mauna Keah”, “Mauna Queia *”, “Mouna Kea”, “Mouna Koa”, “Mowna Kaah”, “Mowna-Kaah”, “Mowna-Kaak”, “Puu Wekiu”, and “White Mountain”
- Category: landform
- Location: Hawaii County, Hawaii, Polynesia, Oceania
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Latitude
19.82361° or 19° 49′ 25″ north
Longitude
-155.47083° or 155° 28′ 15″ west
Elevation
4,147 metres (13,606 feet)
Open location code
73F6RGFH+CM
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Western Panjabi—“Mauna Kea” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ማውና ኬያ”
- Arabic: “مونا كيا”
- Armenian: “Մաունա-Կեա”
- Belarusian: “Гара Мауна-Кеа”
- Bulgarian: “Мауна Кеа”
- Burmese: “မိုနာကီယာတောင်”
- Catalan: “Mauna Kea”
- Chinese: “冒纳凯阿火山”
- Danish: “Mauna Kea”
- Dutch: “Mauna Kea”
- Esperanto: “Mauna Kea”
- Finnish: “Mauna Kea”
- French: “Mauna Kea”
- Galician: “Mauna Kea”
- Georgian: “მაუნა-კეა”
- German: “Mauna Kea”
- Greek: “Μάουνα Κέα”
- Hebrew: “מאונה קיאה”
- Italian: “Mauna Kea”
- Japanese: “マウナ・ケア山”
- Kazakh: “Мауна-Кеа”
- Korean: “마우나케아 산”
- Latvian: “Maunakea”
- Lithuanian: “Mauna Kėja”
- Malay: “Gunung Berapi Mauna Kea”
- Malayalam: “മൗനാ കീ”
- Persian: “مونا کیا”
- Polish: “Mauna Kea”
- Portuguese: “Mauna kea”
- Russian: “Мауна-Кеа”
- Slovak: “Mauna Kea”
- Spanish: “Mauna Kea”
- Swedish: “Mauna Kea”
- Thai: “ภูเขาไฟเมานาเคอา”
- Ukrainian: “Мауна-Кеа”
- Urdu: “ماونا کیا”
- Western Panjabi: “مونا کیا”
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Places to explore: Kilohana and Ka’Ohe Game Management Area.
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