Wasn’t that was a nice little trip. It’s like it’s a whole other world up their….. Anyways, let’s move on to something other than mountains, I’m heading to Hawaii! We’re going to visit Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Mauna Kea is a dormant (inactive) volcano. So Hawaiians shouldn’t have to worry about this one erupting.
However, there are some really interesting facts about this volcano. It stands 4205 feet above sea level and is the highest point in the state of Hawaii, however much of the mountain is underwater. Mauna Kea is about a million years old. Mauna Kea is one of five hotspot volcanoes. Hot spot volcanoes are where the mantle of the earth below is abnormally hot. The Pacific Tectonic Plate has moved over a hotspot in the earth’s underlying mantle.
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