Pilot Knob

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Pilot Knob (12,245 ft.)

Named by USGS in 1909

"Probably named by the USGS during the 1907-09 survey for the Mt. Goddard 30' map. It is on the first edition, 1912, but is not in J. N. LeConte's 'Elevations.'"
- Peter Browning, Place Names of the Sierra Nevada

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