Mauna Kea is 13,804 feet above sea level as measured by LiDar, the most accurate means of surveying height. Some maps have it at 13,796 or 13,803 feet, slightly off the LiDar measurement.

Unlike Mauna Kea, the base of Denali is situated on land. Its base is situated at an elevation of 2,000 feet, and its summit is only about 9,000 feet below Everest’s, according to the National ...

Up to 4 inches of rain has fallen in low-elevation areas, he said. At nearly 14,000 feet above sea level, the Mauna Kea volcano is the tallest peak in Hawaii.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - New safeguards are in place on Mauna Kea to protect an endangered bird once thought to have disappeared from the mountain ecosystem. The uau Hawaiian petrel seabird was ...

Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, slumbering volcanoes on the Big Island, are the highest points at over 13,000 feet. Given the elevation, sufficient snow covers the summits at least once each winter.

It took a transoceanic scramble, and a dose of luck, for scientists with the Mauna Loa observatory to restart their readings — by taking them, for the first time, on Mauna Kea, the next volcano ...