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Seattle Guyot is a flat-topped submarine volcano in the Pacific Ocean and part of the Mid-Pacific Mountains. Like other guyots, its level summit records a history in which volcanic land stood near or above sea level before later subsidence carried it beneath the ocean. Its Cretaceous geology makes i...

Conway Reef, also known as Ceva-i-Ra, is a remote, mostly submerged coral atoll located in the South Pacific Ocean. Situated approximately 450 kilometers southwest of Fiji's main island group, the reef is continuously underwater, with no permanent dry land above high tide. It is administered as part...

Colahan Guyot, also listed as Colahan Seamount, is an underwater volcanic landform in the northern Pacific Ocean and part of the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain. It belongs to the chain's guyot-type or flat-topped seamounts, which are submerged volcanic edifices shaped by erosion and later subsidenc...

Cobb Seamount is a prominent submarine volcano and guyot located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the northwestern United States. Formed during the Quaternary period, it features a remarkably shallow summit that approaches the ocean surface. This unique topography supports highly productive and...

Afanasy-Nikitin Seamount is a submarine volcanic mountain in the Indian Ocean, named after the fifteenth-century Russian traveler Afanasy Nikitin. It is classified as a guyot because its summit is relatively flat, a form produced when a volcanic island or seamount is eroded near sea level and later...

Stringer Guyot is an isolated, flat-topped seamount in the Pacific Ocean, recognized by oceanographers for its unique volcanic origins and its impact on deep-sea currents.

Rim Guyot is a flat-topped underwater volcano located in the Pacific Ocean, notable as a submerged seamount studied by marine geologists for its unique volcanic formation.