Mauna Kea

E17030

astronomical observatory site dormant volcano mountain

Mauna Kea is a dormant volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island renowned both as the state’s tallest mountain and as one of the world’s premier sites for astronomical observatories.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Mauna Kea canonical	33
Maunakea	5
Maunakea, Hawaii	4
Mauna Kea summit	2
Mauna Kea, Hawaii, United States	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomical observatory site ⓘ dormant volcano ⓘ mountain ⓘ
consideredSacredBy	Native Hawaiians ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel	13803 feet ⓘ 4207.3 meters ⓘ
governedBy	Hawaii ⓘ surface form: State of Hawaii
hasAccessRoad	Mauna Kea Access Road ⓘ
hasAge	about 1 million years ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Mauna Kea ⓘ surface form: Maunakea
hasClimate	alpine climate at summit ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor	Native Hawaiians ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue	Thirty Meter Telescope protests ⓘ telescope construction controversy ⓘ
hasGlaciation	Pleistocene glaciation ⓘ
hasLandUse	astronomical observation ⓘ cultural practices ⓘ recreation ⓘ
hasObservatory	Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope ⓘ Gemini North Observatory ⓘ surface form: Gemini North James Clerk Maxwell Telescope ⓘ NASA Infrared Telescope Facility ⓘ Subaru Telescope ⓘ Submillimeter Array ⓘ United Kingdom Infrared Telescope ⓘ W. M. Keck Observatory ⓘ
hasProtectedArea	Mauna Kea Ice Age Natural Area Reserve ⓘ Mauna Kea Science Reserve ⓘ
hasSummitFeature	cinder cones ⓘ glacial deposits ⓘ
isHighestPointOf	Hawaiʻi (island) ⓘ surface form: Hawaii Island Hawaii ⓘ surface form: State of Hawaii
isVisibleFrom	Hilo ⓘ Waimea ⓘ
knownFor	astronomical observatories ⓘ dry atmosphere ⓘ excellent seeing conditions ⓘ minimal light pollution ⓘ
lastEruption	about 2460 BCE ⓘ
locatedIn	Hawaiʻi (island) ⓘ surface form: Hawaii Island Hawaii ⓘ surface form: State of Hawaii United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
managedBy	University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa ⓘ surface form: University of Hawaii
mountainRange	Hawaiian Islands ⓘ
nameMeaning	White Mountain ⓘ
partOf	Hawaiian Islands ⓘ Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain ⓘ
prominence	4023 meters ⓘ
status	dormant ⓘ
volcanicArcOrBelt	Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain ⓘ
volcanoType	shield volcano ⓘ

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hawaii → highestPoint → Mauna Kea ⓘ

Mauna Kea → hasAlternativeName → Mauna Kea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maunakea

Hawaiʻi (island) → hasVolcano → Mauna Kea ⓘ

Hawaiʻi (island) → hasHighestPoint → Mauna Kea ⓘ

Hilo → near → Mauna Kea ⓘ

Hawaiian Islands → highestPoint → Mauna Kea ⓘ

Thirty Meter Telescope → plannedLocation → Mauna Kea ⓘ

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory → monitors → Mauna Kea ⓘ

Gemini North Observatory → locatedOn → Mauna Kea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maunakea

Ultras of North America → includesPeak → Mauna Kea ⓘ

Maunakea Street → hasNameElement → Mauna Kea ⓘ

Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope → locatedOn → Mauna Kea ⓘ

W. M. Keck Observatory → locatedOn → Mauna Kea ⓘ

Mauna Kea Access Road → locatedOn → Mauna Kea ⓘ

Mauna Kea Access Road → providesAccessTo → Mauna Kea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mauna Kea summit

Mauna Kea Access Road → climbs → Mauna Kea ⓘ

Mauna Kea Access Road → namedAfter → Mauna Kea ⓘ

Subaru Telescope → locatedOn → Mauna Kea ⓘ

Mauna Kea Science Reserve → locatedOn → Mauna Kea ⓘ

Submillimeter Array → hasLocation → Mauna Kea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maunakea

Mauna Kea Ice Age Natural Area Reserve → locatedOn → Mauna Kea ⓘ

Mauna Kea Ice Age Natural Area Reserve → namedAfter → Mauna Kea ⓘ

NASA Infrared Telescope Facility → location → Mauna Kea ⓘ

James Clerk Maxwell Telescope → location → Mauna Kea ⓘ

Waimea → hasViewOf → Mauna Kea ⓘ

subject surface form: Waimea, Hawaii County, Hawaii

Waimea → locatedOnSlopeOf → Mauna Kea ⓘ

subject surface form: Waimea, Hawaii County, Hawaii

Waimea → hasNearbyVolcano → Mauna Kea ⓘ

subject surface form: Waimea, Hawaii County, Hawaii

United Kingdom Infrared Telescope → location → Mauna Kea ⓘ

Hawaii County → hasVolcano → Mauna Kea ⓘ

Parker Ranch → locatedNear → Mauna Kea ⓘ

Mauna Kea Observatories → locatedOn → Mauna Kea ⓘ

University of Hawaii at Hilo → near → Mauna Kea ⓘ

Kohala → neighboringVolcano → Mauna Kea ⓘ

Kohala → isNorthOf → Mauna Kea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mauna Kea summit

Coconut Island (Mokuola) → hasViewOf → Mauna Kea ⓘ

Hualālai volcano → isYoungerThan → Mauna Kea ⓘ

subject surface form: Hualālai

Ellison S. Onizuka Memorial Highway → locatedNear → Mauna Kea ⓘ

TMT → plannedLocation → Mauna Kea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mauna Kea, Hawaii, United States

Gemini Observatory → locatedIn → Mauna Kea ⓘ

subject surface form: Gemini North

this entity surface form: Maunakea

Mauna Loa summit → hasViewOf → Mauna Kea ⓘ

GMOS-N (Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph North) → telescopeLocation → Mauna Kea ⓘ

subject surface form: GMOS-N

this entity surface form: Maunakea, Hawaii

NIRI (Near-Infrared Imager and Spectrometer) → telescopeLocation → Mauna Kea ⓘ

subject surface form: NIRI

this entity surface form: Maunakea, Hawaii

Altair adaptive optics system → locatedOn → Mauna Kea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maunakea

GRACES (Gemini Remote Access to CFHT ESPaDOnS Spectrograph) → locatedOn → Mauna Kea ⓘ

subject surface form: GRACES

this entity surface form: Maunakea, Hawaii

GNIRS (Gemini Near-Infrared Spectrograph) → telescopeLocation → Mauna Kea ⓘ

subject surface form: GNIRS

this entity surface form: Maunakea, Hawaii