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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 ...
Mauna Kea Observatories seen from the base of Mauna Kea The altitude and isolation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean makes Mauna Kea one of the best locations on Earth for ground-based astronomy. It is an ideal location for submillimeter, infrared and optical observations.
A land cover map of the big island of Hawaii using 1999–2001 data from Landsat 7, showing black lava flows from Mauna Loa, grayish dormant Mauna Kea, a plume of smoke from active Kilauea, dark green tropical forests, and light green agricultural areas.
Mauna Kea on the Island of Hawaiʻi is the highest peak in the U.S. State of Hawaiʻi and the entire Pacific Ocean. The Hawaiian Islands and the U.S. State of Hawaiʻi 13 major mountain peaks [a] with at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
Two roads intersect Saddle Road close to Puʻu Huluhulu at its crest near mile 28 at 6,632 feet (2,021 m) above the sea level, the Mauna Loa Observatory Road to the south, and the Mauna Kea Summit Road to the north. The Mauna Loa Observatory Road is an unmarked 17.1 miles (27.5 km) long narrow rough (but paved) road which winds its way towards ...
Other Mauna Kea recreation opportunities include Mauna Kea State Recreation Area, and the Mauna Kea Trail which leads from the VIS through the Mauna Kea Ice Age Reserve to the summit. A small museum dedicated to Onizuka, scheduled to close in March 2016, [12] is located at the Kona International Airport. [13]
English: Plot of the zenith atmospheric transmission on the summit of Mauna Kea in the Gigahertz range at a precipitable water vapor level of 0.001 mm. Русский: Прозрачность атмосферы в гигагерцовом диапазоне на вершине горы Мауна-Кеа при уровне ...
The NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (NASA IRTF) is a 3-meter (9.8 ft) telescope optimized for use in infrared astronomy and located at the Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii. It was first built to support the Voyager missions and is now the US national facility for infrared astronomy, providing continued support to planetary, solar neighborhood ...