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How are seamounts and Guyots the same and different ? Comment.

  • UPSC 2026
  • Oceanography

Both are isolated submarine volcanic edifices rising from the deep-ocean floor, conventionally 1,000 m or more above the surrounding seabed, built of basaltic lava and always submerged — an edifice that breaks the surface and stays there is a volcanic island.

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