guyot
noun [ C ] geology specialized uk/ˈɡiː.əʊ/ us/ˈɡiː.oʊ/
海底平顶山，平顶海山
a mountain under the sea with a flat top
Guyots are considered to be the remains of sunken islands or oceanic banks. 海底平顶山被认为是沉没岛屿或海岸的遗迹。
Synonym: tablemount
Compare: seamount
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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.