noun

• An undersea mountain with a flat top.

  ‘Seamounts whose peaks have eroded and become a flat surface are called guyots.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘What remains is an underwater mountain called a guyot.’
  • ‘After the war he continued researching guyots and midocean ridges, as well as various mineral studies.’
  • ‘Study of sedimentary sequences capping the guyots, comprised of a shallow water carbonate buildup,’
  • ‘As the ocean crust spread away from the higher ocean ridges, the guyots sank below sea level, becoming completely submerged.’