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Upwarped mountains are generally the result of broad arching of the crust or sometimes great vertical displacement along a highangle fault. The Black Hills in South Dakota and the Adirondack Mountains in New York are upwarped mountain ranges. Volcanic mountains are the accumulations of large amounts of volcanic lavas and pyroclastic material around the volcanic vent, such as seamounts and stratovolcanoes. The Hawaiian and Aleutian Islands are volcanic mountains. Fault-block mountains result from tensional stress.
Big Island volcanoes. The Big Island of Hawaii was created by five volcanoes: Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa, Kilauea, Kohala Volcano and Hualalai Volcano.The tallest volcanoes in the Pacfic Ocean are Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa. Mauna Kea is the tallest volcano in the Hawaiian chain.It is 4,205 meters (13,796 feet) above sea level.he Big Island of Hawaii was created by five volcanoes: Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa, Kilauea, Kohala Volcano and Hualalai Volcano.The tallest volcanoes in the Pacfic Ocean are Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa.