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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.
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What is Arnold Guyot?
Arnold Guyot is a named guyot, or undersea mountain with a comparatively flat summit, in the North Pacific Ocean. Its name honors Arnold Henry Guyot, the Swiss-American geographer and geologist.
What is a guyot?
A guyot is a seamount whose top is relatively flat, usually because erosion or wave action planed it down before the feature subsided beneath the ocean. It is different from a sharply peaked volcanic seamount.
Who was Arnold Henry Guyot?
Arnold Henry Guyot was a Swiss-American geographer and geologist. The undersea feature carries his name as part of the naming tradition for submarine geographic features.
Where is Arnold Guyot located?
Arnold Guyot is recorded as a submarine geographic feature in the North Pacific Ocean. Its classification as a guyot describes its shape rather than indicating a place on land.
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