While there is a road to the summit 4wd and several astronomical observatories there most of this mountain is untamed and wild.
Mauna kea elevation from sea floor.
It is a dormant volcano that stands 4 205m above sea level and it is the only place on earth where you can drive from sea level to 4 205m in about 2 hours.
Sure you are only actually hiking up 4500 feet in elevation from the visitor center to the summit of around 13 800 feet.
Interestingly mauna kea measures over 10 000m from its base on the ocean floor that is greater than the elevation of mount everest.
Measuring from base to peak mauna kea is the tallest mountain on earth 10 203 m mauna kea.
The highest point in the pacific basin and the highest island mountain in the world mauna kea rises 9 750 meters 32 000 ft from the ocean floor to an altitude of 4 205 meters 13 796 ft above sea level which places its summit above 40 percent of the earth s atmosphere.
8 848 meters is king 8 848 m everest hawaii s mauna kea though rises an astonishing 33 476 feet 10 203 meters from the depths of the pacific ocean floor.
Ever since i learned you can hike mauna kea the highest peak in all of hawaii and the tallest sea mountain in the world 33 000 feet from the ocean floor i knew it had to be on my hawaii bucket list.
Measured from its base on the ocean floor it rises over 10 000 m 33 000 ft significantly greater than the elevation of mount everest above sea level.
Mauna kea is only 4 207m above sea level but when measured from the ocean floor it beats mt.
Mauna kea is a very special mountain.
With 4 205 meters 13 796 feet 2 6 miles above sea level more than half of mauna kea s height falls below the surface of the ocean with its base reaching 5 761 meters 18 900 feet 3 6 miles deep.
From land or sea level it only measures 13 796 feet in elevation yet it is the state of hawaii s tallest peak.
Mauna kea is dormant having last erupted 4 600 years ago.
Mauna kea stands 4 207 3 m 13 803 ft above sea level about 38 m 125 ft higher than its neighbor mauna loa and is the highest point in the state of hawaii.
If measured from the bottom of the ocean floor the world s tallest mountain is mauna kea in hawaii.
Kohala is the island s oldest volcano and is now extinct.
Mauna kea rises to an elevation of 13 803 feet above sea level and is comprised of many cinder cones near its summit.
It measures 31 796 feet in elevation which is taller than mt.