guyotnoun [ C ]
/ˈɡiː.əʊ//ˈɡiː.oʊ/specializeda mountain under the sea with a flat top:
Guyots are considered to be the remains of sunken islands or oceanic banks.
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- Guyots are most commonly found in the Pacific Ocean.
- While serving with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific during World War II, he was the first to report the existence of the truncated seamounts known as guyots.
- The Great Meteor Tablemount is a guyot standing at over 4,000 metres.
- Some of these rise above sea level, but the vast majority are submarine features known as seamounts, or if they are flat-topped, guyots.
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