guyot
/ˈɡiːəʊ
/noun Geology
An undersea mountain with a flat top.Seamounts whose peaks have eroded and become a flat surface are called guyots....
- 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.
Origin
1940s: named after Arnold H. Guyot (1807–84), Swiss geographer.