description Satander Guyot Overview
Satander Guyot is a named undersea feature in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is recorded in the IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, which provides names, generic feature types, and positions for seafloor features. In oceanographic terminology, a guyot is a seamount with a comparatively smooth, flat top, so this entity is a mapped submarine landform rather than a surface island. ([GEBCO Gazetteer](https://www.gebco.net/data-products/undersea-feature-names); [SCAR-MarBIN record](https://www.vliz.be/projects/scarmarbin/gazetteer.php?id=65679&p=details))
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What is Satander Guyot?
Satander Guyot is a named undersea feature in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is recorded in the IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names.
What does guyot mean in ocean geography?
A guyot is a seamount with a relatively flat summit. It is an underwater volcanic or tectonic feature whose top has been levelled by erosion or other geological processes.
Which database records Satander Guyot?
The feature is recorded in the IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names. That gazetteer stores official feature names, generic types, and positions for seafloor features.
Is Satander Guyot an island?
No, it is recorded as an undersea feature in the South Atlantic. The term guyot specifically describes a flat-topped seamount below the sea surface.
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