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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 ...
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.
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.
Poliʻahu also engineered Hawaii's Hāmākua Coast. Poliʻahu mingled with humans on the East slope of Mauna Kea. One day, while hōlua sledding with mortals, Poliʻahu was joined by a beautiful stranger who challenged her. The stranger had no sled, so she borrowed one to run against Poliʻahu. In the first run, Poliʻahu easily passed the ...
Video shows first snowfall of the season in Hawaii Derek Petrowski witnessed the snowfall firsthand earlier in the week, taking a short video to document the appearance of snow on Mauna Kea , the ...
[2] [3] Thus, an alternate translation is "The sovereignty of the land is perpetuated in righteousness." [8] Pono, commonly translated as "righteousness", may also connote goodness, fairness, order, or completeness. [9] ʻĀina, translated in the motto as "land", also has a more significant meaning in the Hawaiian language. [10]
Hualālai (pronounced [huwəˈlaːlɐi] in Hawaiian) is an active volcano on the island of Hawaiʻi in the Hawaiian Islands. [4] It is the westernmost, third-youngest and the third-most active of the five volcanoes that form the island of Hawaiʻi, following Kīlauea and the much larger Mauna Loa. Its peak stands 8,271 feet (2,521 m) above sea ...
Mauna or Mouna may refer to: Mauna, genus of moths in the family Geometridae; Mauna (silence), silence in Hindu philosophy Maun Vrata, term for a vow of silence in India; Mauna, Käbschütztal, village in Käbschütztal, Germany; A Hawaiian word for mountain, used in the following Hawaiian volcano names: Mauna Loa, on Hawai'i; Mauna Kea, on Hawai'i