List of mountain types
Mountains can be characterized in several ways. Some mountains are volcanoes and can be characterized by the type of lava and eruptive history. Other mountains are shaped by glacial processes and can be characterized by their shape. Finally, many mountains can be characterized by the type of rock that make up their composition.
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- Volcanic caldera or supervolcano
- Cinder cone
- Complex volcano
- Cryovolcano
- Fissure vent
- Guyot
- Lava dome
- Monogenetic volcanic field
- Mud volcano
- Pancake dome
- Polygenetic volcanic field
- Pyroclastic cone
- Pyroclastic shield
- Shield volcano
- Stratovolcano (also known as a Composite volcano)
- Subglacial volcano
- Submarine volcano
- Somma volcano
- Tuya
- Volcanic field
- Volcanic plug
- Igneous (see types of volcanoes, above)
- Metamorphic
- Sedimentary
