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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.
The Island of Hawaii's two highest mountains (volcanoes) are Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa. They are over 13,600 feet (4,150 m) above sea level and rise nearly 30,000 feet (9,100 m) from the sea floor. Haleakala, the highest mountain on Maui, is over 10,000 feet (3,050 m) high. The highest peaks on Molokai and Oahu are near 5,000 and 4,000 feet (1,525 and 1,220 m) in elevation, respectively.