What is difference between Guyots and Mounts?
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A seamount is a mountain that rises from the ocean floor, while a Guyot is an isolated underwater volcanic mountain.
- Mounts are underwater peaks rising from the seafloor upto 1000 feet. They are the extinct volcanoes that create piles of lava while active, sometimes breaking the surface of the ocean.
- An isolated underwater volcanic mountain with a flat top more than 200 m below the sea surface is a guyot. It is also known as a table mountain, and these flat summits can reach more than 10 km in diameter.
- Seamounts have conical summits, while the Guyots have flat tops.
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Both guyot and mount are found in the sea floor
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Mounts:
- They are the mountains which are found in the sea floor these mountains are very high and they can be up to 1000 meters of height.
- Their ends are mostly of cone shaped they are mostly of volcanic origin and they can attain a height up to 3000 meters
Guyot:
- They are the hills which are found in the sea floor they are usually higher than the Sea Mountains and they can be above 1000 meters.
- They have flat tops they are also of volcanic origin they usually have a large diameter up to 20-25 km
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