| Pilot Knob | |
|---|---|
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Yuma_arizona_map.jpg) (at center-left) The Cargo Muchacho Mountains surrounded by alluvial fans. The small outlier "small mountain peak", due-south, is Pilot Knob. (The line appearing adjacent, is the All American Canal to the El Centro agriculture region.) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 876 ft (267 m) NAVD 88[1] |
| Coordinates | 32°43′54″N 114°45′00″W / 32.731601906°N 114.7499458°W[1] |
| Geography | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Relief_map_of_California.png)  Pilot Knob &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:USA_Arizona_relief_location_map.svg) Pilot Knob Pilot Knob (Arizona) &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Mexico_Baja_California_location_map.svg) Pilot Knob Pilot Knob (Baja California) | |
| Topo map | USGS Yuma West |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Volcanic plug |
Pilot Knob (also, Avie Quah-la-Altwa, Ha-bee-co-la-la, and San Pablo) is a peak in Imperial County, California.[2] Pilot Knob is located 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Ogilby,[3] It rises to an elevation of 876 feet (267 m).[1] Pilot Knob is a rocky landform, geologically a Volcanic plug, west of Yuma, Arizona–Winterhaven, California; it is connected to the Cargo Muchacho Mountains, the central portion of the mountains being about 7 miles (11 km) north. Pilot Knob was named for its prominence as a landmark for riverboat traffic in the 19th-20th centuries on the Colorado River which borders Winterhaven–Yuma. Pilot Knob is an Area of Critical Environmental Concern administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
- ^ a b c "West Pilot". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ^ "Pilot Knob". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1455. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.