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Pilot Township

Pilot Mountain

Pilot Mountain, a metamorphic quartzite monadnock rising to a peak 2,421 feet above sea level, is one of the most distinctive natural features in the U.S. state of .
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,398 feet
  • Description: mountain in the United States of America
  • Also known as: “Jomeokee”, “Mount Ararat”, “Stonehead Mountain”, and “The Stonehead”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pilot Mountain.

Photo: CZmarlin, CC BY 3.0.
In a distant corner of 's is an unusual mountaintop that has been used as a navigation aid since time immemorial. Named , the peak is now the main feature of a state park, and gives its name to a nearby town.

Pilot Mountain

Latitude
36.34014° or 36° 20′ 25″ north
Longitude
-80.47422° or 80° 28′ 27″ west
Elevation
2,398 feet (731 metres)
Open location code
868X8GRG+38
Open­Street­Map ID
node 357782009
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
4830507
Wiki­data ID
Q7194441
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Venetian—“Pilot Mountain” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Pilot Mountain”
  • Dutch: “Pilot Mountain”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پيلوت (امريكا)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پيلوت”
  • French: “Pilot Mountain”
  • German: “Pilot Mountain”
  • Italian: “Pilot Mountain (Carolina del Nord)”
  • Italian: “Pilot Mountain”
  • Japanese: “パイロット山”
  • Urdu: “پائلٹ ماؤنٹین”
  • Venetian: “Pilot Mountain (Carolina del Nord)”
  • Venetian: “Pilot Mountain”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pilot Mountain”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.