Are there other “sacred” mountains in the world

[EightFingers]

where they wouldn’t allow a telescope to be built on?
I’m thinking of something like Mt Fuji, or Mt Denali.
Of course, these would be unsuitable, but what if they were?

Puna: Our roosters crow first

[terracore]

Every mountain is sacred to somebody. It's one of the reasons they got McKinley renamed to native name Denali.

[Kaimana]

New Zealand gave human rights to one of their mountains. https://www.newsweek.com/human-rights-mo...aki-757237

[Durian Fiend]

Sure. Nanga Parbat, Machapuchare and Kailash in the Himalayas.

No one is allowed on summit of the first and I don't believe you're allowed at all on the second.

Don't know about Kailash. It's probably off limits too.

[jrw]

The mountain in Maui.

jrw

[BillyB]

Fissure 8: to Harry Kim

[Carey]

Actually, most mountains & mountain ranges do have some cultural & religious significance to the indigenous peoples (even the "main stream" religions have names & revered mountains in their texts)

I find it odd that some of those who oppose the telescopes on Mauna Kea for cultural & sacred reasons have called for the projects to be moved to another place, often calling for the telescopes to go to the astronomy park on Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands, as that mountain has a very strong cultural & sacred meaning for the indigenous peoples there,
Rising above those telescopes, on the rim of the volcanic crater in Caldera de Taburiente National Park, is Roque Idafe, believed to be a pillar holding up the sky, with the telescopes of the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory situated very close to the summit.
If these protestors are truly for all indigenous cultures, did they just miss this very significant sacred mountain, or is it more of a NIMBY-ism, as the protestors that are against the telescopes on Mauna Kea for environmental reasons, but have signed petitions for them to be on other mountains.

[terracore]

Carey nailed it. If one really believes in their argument, what they are saying is that telescopes can't be built anywhere. No mountain is more "sacred" than another, it's only the point of view of the person stating their opinion.

So why stop at telescopes, and why stop at mountains? As previously mentioned people have been fighting bloody wars over every inch of "sacred land" in the middle east for thousands of years. But it's not about what they are building on the land, it's about who is building it.

[glassnumbers]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_Rock,_Victoria

I wonder where Miranda Reid is right now, I hope she's okay... (she's the lady who disappeared back in the 1900's in that area. OR DID SHE?!) Anyways, that's another example of a holy mountain

Aloha

[Old Croc]

Soviet airspace was/is sacred according to Gromyko. The passengers and crew of KAL007 paid for their intrusion with their lives. I hope Mauna Kea doesn't pass that threshold where murder becomes justified.