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Fold Mountains These are the most common type of mountain. They are made when plates on the earth’s crust collide and push into one another. This pressure forces the crust upwards and causes it to wrinkle and fold. This type of mountain is called a Fold Mountain since it is caused by the folding of the rocks. The MacGillycuddy Reeks in Munster, The Rocky Mountains in North America, the Alps in Europe, the Andes in South America and the Himalayan Mountains in Asia are all examples of Fold Mountains. Block Mountains These mountains are created when faults or cracks in the Earth's crust force blocks of rocks upward or down. The uplifted blocks are Block Mountains. They usually have a steep front side and then a sloping back side. The Ox Mountains in Ireland and the Sierra Nevada Mountains in North America are Block Mountains. Volcanic Mountains Volcanic Mountains are formed when erupting magma cools and hardens forming a cone shape. Mount Fuji in Japan is a famous volcanic mountain. Dome Mountains Dome Mountains are formed when pressure from the magma below causes the crust to bulge upwards into a dome shape. In this case the magma does not come to the surface. The Adirondacks (upstate NY) in the eastern US are famous Dome Mountains.