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 on Hawaiʻi, United States.
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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”
  • Address: Hilo, HI 96720

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include W. M. Keck Observatory and Pu‘uwēkiu.

Observatory
The is an astronomical observatory with two telescopes at an elevation of 4,145 meters near the summit of in the U.S. state of Hawaii. is situated 200 metres northwest of Mauna Kea Observatories.

Volcano
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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 .

Observatory
The is a 3.2-meter telescope optimized for use in infrared astronomy and located at the Mauna Kea Observatory in . is situated 240 metres northeast of Mauna Kea Observatories.

Mauna Kea Observatories

Latitude
19.82471° or 19° 49′ 29″ north
Longitude
-155.47356° or 155° 28′ 25″ west
Open location code
73F6RGFG+VH
Open­Street­Map ID
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Wiki­data ID
Q831790
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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”
  • Galician: “Observatorio de 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 Кека”
  • 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”
  • Urdu: “ماؤنا کیا رصدگاہیں”
  • 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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