List of mountain types
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Mountains and hills 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.
Contents
Types of glacially eroded mountains
Types of volcanoes/volcanic landforms
- Caldera
- Cinder cone
- Complex volcano
- Cryovolcano
- Fissure vent
- Guyot
- Lava cone
- Lava dome
- Monogenetic volcanic field
- Mud volcano
- Pancake dome
- Polygenetic volcanic field
- Pyroclastic cone
- Pyroclastic shield
- Shield volcano
- Stratovolcano
- Subaqueous volcano
- Subglacial mound
- Subglacial volcano
- Submarine volcano
- Supervolcano
- Somma volcano
- Tuya
- Volcanic crater
- Volcanic field
- Volcanic plug
Types of rock
- Igneous (see types of volcanoes, above)
- Metamorphic
- Sedimentary
