Darwin Guyot

Darwin Guyot
Map
Summit depth1,266 metres (4,154 ft)
Location
Coordinates22°03′36″N 171°38′06″E / 22.0600°N 171.6350°E / 22.0600; 171.6350[1]
Geology
TypeGuyot
Darwin Guyot is located in Pacific Ocean
Darwin Guyot
Darwin Guyot
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Location in the Pacific Ocean

Darwin Guyot is a volcanic underwater mountain top, or guyot, in the Mid-Pacific Mountains between the Marshall Islands and Hawaii. Named after Charles Darwin, it rose above sea level more than 118 million years ago during the early Cretaceous period to become an atoll, developed rudist reefs, and then drowned, perhaps as a consequence of sea level rise. The flat top of Darwin Guyot now rests 1,266 metres (4,154 ft) below sea level.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference DarwinGuyot was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Ladd, Newman & Sohl 1974, p. 514.