Mauna Kea is taller than Mount Everest

Mauna Kea reaches 30,610 feet.

It is currently inactive.

Mauna Kea’s peak rises 13,803 feet above sea level.

Mauna Kea stands about 125 feet higher than Mauna Loa.

Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa weigh down ocean crust 3.7 miles.

Mauna Kea formed over the Hawaiian hotspot around one million years.

Shield-stage lava built Mauna Kea’s mass with tholeiitic basalts.

Post-shield eruptions added rough cinder cones and lava domes.

Evidence of glaciers shaped Mauna Kea’s summit and upper flanks.

Special clays keep water in Lake Waiau despite permeable lava.

Thirteen telescopes from eleven countries sit atop Mauna Kea’s summit.

Everest stands 29,031.7 feet tall, lower than Mauna Kea’s dry height.

Mauna Kea’s dry height is 30,610 feet, beating Everest again.