Hawaii
Mauna Kea
A pen-plotted topographic map of Mauna Kea in the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, drawn from real elevation contour data.
Volcano. Tallest mountain on Earth measured from its oceanic base: over 33,000 feet from seafloor to summit.
$54
Ink & paper: Navy
Size: 12×18"
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- 12 × 18 inches
- Drawn on 98 lb (160 gsm) archival cotton paper
- Precision technical pens and archival inks
- Signed and dated on the back
- Ships flat, protected, ready to frame
Each map begins with elevation data and is drawn by a pen plotter in our Vermont studio. Mechanical precision, plus the texture and small imperfections of real ink on paper.
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+ About this map
Mauna Kea rises 13,803 feet above sea level, but that figure dramatically understates the mountain. Measured from its base on the ocean floor, it exceeds 33,000 feet, taller than Everest by that measure. This dormant shield volcano last erupted roughly 4,500 years ago, and its summit is now home to the world’s premier astronomical observatory complex, chosen for the dry, stable air above nearly forty percent of Earth’s atmosphere.
This map traces the broad, gentle slopes that define shield volcano topography. The contour lines spread wide and even across the flanks, reflecting the fluid basaltic lava flows that built the mountain layer by layer. Near the summit, cinder cones punctuate the surface: small, steep-sided mounds that appear as tight concentric circles amid the otherwise gradual terrain, remnants of the mountain’s final eruptive phase.
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- Mauna Kea
- Hawaii
- United States
- Hawaiian Islands
- Hawaiian Islands
- 13,803 ft / 4,207 m
- 19.8207N 155.4680W
- Mountain topographic map
- Original pen plot, archival ink on cotton paper
- 8 × 12 in · 12 × 18 in · 18 × 24 in
- Volcano. Tallest mountain on Earth measured from its oceanic base: over 33,000 feet from seafloor to summit
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