guyot

(ō′, gē ō)

noun

a flat-topped, steeply rising seamount; tablemount

Origin: after A. H. Guyot (1807-84), U.S. geologist

See guyot in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A flat-topped submarine mountain.

Origin:

Origin: After Arnold Henri Guyot (1807-1884), Swiss-born American geologist and geographer

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