James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope is a submillimetre-wavelength radio telescope at Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii, US. The telescope is near the summit of Mauna Kea at 13,425 feet.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include W. M. Keck Observatory and Pu‘uwēkiu.
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 460 metres northeast of James Clerk Maxwell Telescope.
Pu‘uwēkiu
Volcano
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
- Type: Observatory
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Hawaii County, Hawaii, Polynesia, Oceania
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Latitude
19.82291° or 19° 49′ 23″ northLongitude
-155.47698° or 155° 28′ 37″ westLevels
6Open location code
73F6RGFF+56OpenStreetMap ID
way 48029286OpenStreetMap feature
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man_made=observatory
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