page_title: Pilot Knob (Imperial County, California)
hierarchical_section_title: Pilot Knob (Imperial County, California)
caption_attribution_description: The raw satellite imagery shown in these images was obtained from NASA and/or the US Geological Survey. Post-processing and production by http://www.terraprints.comThe en:Colorado River is the border between California, (top, and left), and Arizona, (bottom, and right). The en:Yuma Desert is shown quite prominently, south of Yuma, and the Fortuna Foothills, at the west of the en:Gila Mountains (Yuma County). The Yuma Desert is at the northwest of the Picacho Volcanic field complex, and the great: Gran Desierto de Altar, of north and northwest, Sonora state Mexico. (Note the en:Alluvial fans, especially around the Cargo Muchacho Mountains of California, but throughout the photo.)
context_page_description: Pilot Knob is a peak in Imperial County, California. Pilot Knob is located 8 miles southeast of Ogilby, It rises to an elevation of 876 feet. 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 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.
context_section_description: Pilot Knob (also, Avie Quah-la-Altwa, Ha-bee-co-la-la, and San Pablo) is a peak in Imperial County, California. Pilot Knob is located 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Ogilby, It rises to an elevation of 876 feet (267 m). 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.
caption: (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.)
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