Mauna Kea Observatories
The Mauna Kea Observatories are a group of independent astronomical research facilities and large telescope observatories that are located at the summit of Mauna Kea on Hawaiʻi, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: research institute
- Description: collaboration of astronomical observatories in Hawaii
- Also known as: “Mauna Kea UH 2.2 m” and “MKO”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include W. M. Keck Observatory and NASA Infrared Telescope Facility.
W. M. Keck Observatory
Observatory
The W. M. Keck Observatory is an astronomical observatory with two telescopes at an elevation of 4,145 meters near the summit of Mauna Kea in the U.S. state of Hawaii. W. M. Keck Observatory is situated 920 feet west of Mauna Kea Observatories.
NASA Infrared Telescope Facility
Observatory
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The NASA Infrared Telescope Facility is a 3.2-meter telescope optimized for use in infrared astronomy and located at the Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii. NASA Infrared Telescope Facility is situated 340 feet south of Mauna Kea Observatories.
Pu‘uwēkiu
Volcano
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Mauna Kea is a dormant shield volcano on the island of Hawaiʻi. Its peak is 4,207.3 m above sea level, making it the highest point in Hawaii and the island with the second highest high point, behind New Guinea.
Mauna Kea Observatories
- Category: astronomical observatory
- Location: Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Mauna Kea Observatories” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Mauna Kea-sterrewag”
- Arabic: “مرصد مونا كيا”
- Armenian: “Մաունա Կեա աստղադիտարան”
- Asturian: “Observatorios de Mauna Kea”
- Azerbaijani: “Mauna Kea rəsədxanası”
- Basque: “Mauna Kea Behatokia”
- Basque: “Mauna Keako Behatokiak”
- Belarusian: “Абсэрваторыя Маўна-Кеа”
- Catalan: “Mauna Kea Observatory”
- Catalan: “MKO”
- Catalan: “Observatori de Mauna Kea”
- Catalan: “Observatoris de Mauna Kea”
- Central Kurdish: “ڕوانگەی ماونا کیا”
- Chinese: “Mauna Kea Observatory”
- Chinese: “冒納開亞天文台”
- Chinese: “冒納開亞山天文台”
- Chinese: “毛納基天文台”
- Chinese: “毛納基山天文台”
- Chinese: “莫纳克亚”
- Chinese: “莫纳克亚天文台”
- Chinese: “莫纳克亚山天文台”
- Czech: “Mauna Kea Observatories”
- Czech: “MKO”
- Danish: “Mauna Kea Observatoriet”
- Danish: “Mauna Kea-Observatoriet”
- Dutch: “Mauna Kea-observatorium”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مراصد ماونا كيا”
- Esperanto: “MKO”
- Esperanto: “Observatorioj de Mauna Kea”
- Estonian: “Mauna Kea observatooriumid”
- Finnish: “Mauna Kean observatoriot”
- French: “Observatoire du Mauna Kea”
- French: “Observatoires du Mauna Kea”
- Georgian: “მაუნა-კეას ობსერვატორია”
- German: “Mauna Kea Observatorium”
- German: “Mauna-Kea-Observatorium”
- Hungarian: “Mauna Kea Obszervatóriumok”
- Indonesian: “Observatorium Mauna Kea”
- Irish: “Réadlann Mauna Kea”
- Italian: “Mauna Kea Observatory”
- Italian: “osservatorio di Mauna Kea”
- Italian: “Osservatorio di Mauna Kea”
- Japanese: “マウナ・ケア天文台”
- Japanese: “マウナ・ケア天文台群”
- Japanese: “マウナケア天文台”
- Japanese: “マウナケア天文台群”
- Kazakh: “Мауна-Кеа обсерваториясы”
- Korean: “마우나케아 천문대”
- Korean: “마우나키아 천문대”
- Korean: “마우나키아 천체관측단지”
- Lithuanian: “Mauna Kea observatorija”
- Luxembourgish: “Mauna Kea-Observatoire”
- Luxembourgish: “Mauna-Kea-Observatoire”
- Mingrelian: “მაუნა-კეაშ ობსერვატორია”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mauna Kea-observatoriene”
- Norwegian: “Mauna Kea-observatoriene”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Observatòri de Mauna Kea”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Observatòris dau Mauna Kea”
- Persian: “رصدخانه مونوکی”
- Persian: “رصدخانهٔ مونوکی”
- Persian: “رصدخانه مونوکیا”
- Persian: “رصدخانهٔ مونوکیا”
- Polish: “Obserwatoria na Mauna Kea”
- Portuguese: “Observatório de Mauna Kea”
- Portuguese: “Observatórios de Mauna Kea”
- Russian: “Обсерватория Мауна-Кеа”
- Serbian: “Opservatorije Mauna Kea”
- Slovak: “Mauna Kea Observatories”
- Slovak: “Observatórium Mauna Kea”
- Slovenian: “observatoriji Mauna Kea”
- South Azerbaijani: “مونوكا رصدخاناسی”
- Spanish: “Mauna Kea Observatory”
- Spanish: “Observatorio Mauna Kea”
- Spanish: “Observatorios de Mauna Kea”
- Swedish: “Mauna Kea-observatoriet”
- Turkish: “Mauna Kea Gözlemevleri”
- Turkish: “MKO”
- Ukrainian: “Обсерваторії Мауна-Кея”
- Ukrainian: “Обсерваторії на Мауна Кеа”
- Ukrainian: “Обсерваторії на Мауна-Кея”
- Ukrainian: “Обсерваторія Мауна-Кеа”
- Ukrainian: “Обсерваторія на Мауна Кеа”
- Ukrainian: “Обсерваторія на Мауна-Кеа”
- Vietnamese: “Đài quan sát Mauna Kea”
- Wu Chinese: “茂纳凯亚天文台”
- Yue Chinese: “毛納基天文台”
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