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  2. Mauna Kea - Wikipedia

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    Mauna Kea (/ ˌ m ɔː n ə ˈ k eɪ ə, ˌ m aʊ n ə-/, [6] Hawaiian: [ˈmɐwnə ˈkɛjə]; abbreviation for Mauna a Wākea) [7] is a dormant shield volcano on the island of Hawaiʻi. [8] Its peak is 4,207.3 m (13,803 ft) above sea level, making it the highest point in Hawaii and the island with the second highest high point, behind New Guinea, the world's largest tropical island with ...

  3. Mauna Kea silversword - Wikipedia

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    Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. sandwicense, the Mauna Kea silversword, [1] is a highly endangered flowering plant endemic to the island of Hawaiʻi (Big Island) of Hawaii. It is the "crown jewel" [ 2 ] of the volcanic mountain Mauna Kea , from which it derives its English name.

  4. Hawaiian Islands - Wikipedia

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    Lava erupting from Kīlauea, one of six active volcanoes in the Hawaiian islands. Kīlauea is the most active, erupting nearly continuously from 1983 to 2018. Only the two Hawaiian islands furthest to the southeast have active volcanoes: Haleakalā on Maui, and Mauna Loa, Mauna Kea, Kilauea, and Hualalai, all on the Big Island. The volcanoes on ...

  5. Yet, if you measure a mountain from its base to its peak, then the 33,500-foot (10,211-meter) Mauna Kea, an inactive shield volcano on the island of Hawaii, would instead come out on top.

  6. Kamanamaikalani Beamer - Wikipedia

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    Mauna Kea, a dormant shield volcano on Hawai'i island that is known for its cultural, ecological, and scientific significance. It is considered a sacred site by the Native Hawaiian people, who have been protesting the construction of telescopes and other facilities on the mountain.

  7. Mauna Loa erupts with a warning in the eyes of some Native ...

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    When Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupted this week for the first time in almost four decades, it wasn’t just a major geological

  8. Mauna Kea Anaina Hou - Wikipedia

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    The group Mauna Kea Anaina Hou made several arguments against the development including that Mauna Kea was a sacred mountain to Native Hawaiians where many deities lived and that the cinder cone being proposed was holy in Hawaiian tradition as a burial site for a demi-god.

  9. Mauna Kea Ice Age Reserve - Wikipedia

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    The Hawaiian language name for the quarry was Keanakākoʻi. [8] On December 29, 1962, the quarry was added to the list of National Historic Landmarks in Hawaii. [7] On October 15, 1966 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings on the island of Hawaii as site 66000285. On May 21, 1981 it was added to the state register ...