Baekdu Guyot vs Arnold Guyot

Baekdu Guyot is a named submarine feature in the Pacific Ocean and is classified as a guyot, a flat-topped seamount shaped by erosion and later subsidence. Its name refers to Baekdu Mountain, the volcanic mountain associated with the Korean Peninsula, while the feature itself is part of the mapped seafloor rather than a landform above sea level. The name is relevant to marine geography, bathymetri...

Arnold Guyot is a named undersea feature in the North Pacific Ocean. It is a guyot, meaning a seamount with a comparatively flat summit, and is recorded in international databases of submarine geographic features. The feature’s name honors Arnold Henry Guyot, the Swiss-American geologist and geographer whose name also became the source of the geological term for flat-topped seamounts.