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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 center is accessible by car from the Saddle Road (Hawaii Route 200) and then north on the Mauna Kea Access Road. Registration is requested and a drop box is available for hikers who start before the visitor center opens. The first 600 ft (180 m) of the trail is on the Mauna Kea Access Road after which the trail goes left onto a dirt path.
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 ...
Mauna Loa (4,169 m or 13,678 ft) is the largest mountain on Earth in terms of base area (about 5,200 km 2 or 2,000 sq mi) and volume (about 42,000 km 3 or 10,000 cu mi), although, due to the intergrade of lava from Kilauea, Hualalai and Mauna Kea, the volume can only be estimated based on surface area and height of the edifice.
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 has 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:
Lake Waiau [1] is a high-elevation lake located at 3,970 m (13,020 ft) above sea level on Mauna Kea, on the island of Hawaiʻi.It is arguably one of the highest lakes in the United States.
According to webcams on Mauna Kea, snow has accumulated this season Oct. 28, Nov. 6 and Jan. 13. A webcam on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, shows a snowplow removing snow from the parking lot on the morning ...
Mauna Kea is relatively close to its submerged key col in the Pacific Ocean, and the corresponding contour line that surrounds Mauna Kea is a relatively compact area of the ocean floor. Whereas a contour line around Everest that is lower than 9330m from Everest's peak would surround most of the major continents of the Earth.