Pilot Peak (Alaska)

{{Short description|Remote summit in Alaska, USA}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Pilot Peak

| photo = Pilot Peak with Columbia Glacier.jpg

| photo_caption = Aerial view looking west
Pilot centered, Einstein upper right

| elevation_ft = 8670

| elevation_ref ={{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/154111|title=Pilot Peak - 8,670' Alaska|website=listsofjohn.com|accessdate=2020-03-31}}

| prominence_ft = 1720

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| isolation_mi = 3.14

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| range = Chugach Mountains

| parent_peak = Sharkstooth Mountain (8,710 ft)

| location = Chugach National Forest
Valdez-Cordova Borough
Alaska, United States

| map = USA Alaska

| range_coordinates =

| map_caption = Location in Alaska

| label_position = left

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 8

| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Pilot Peak

| coordinates = {{coord|61|20|50|N|146|54|07|W|type:mountain_region:US-AK_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| topo = USGS Valdez B-8

| type =

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Pilot Peak is an {{convert|8670|ft|m|0|adj=on}} elevation glaciated summit located {{convert|27|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} northwest of Valdez in the Chugach Mountains of the U.S. state of Alaska. Set on land managed by Chugach National Forest, this remote peak is situated {{convert|6.5|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} east of Mount Einstein, and {{convert|5.7|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} southwest of Tazlina Tower. The mountain was so named in 1955 by Lawrence E. Nielsen "because it is a very distinctive landmark that helped guide us back to camp in our explorations during 1955."Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, Donald J. Orth author, United States Government Printing Office (1967), page 756. Nielsen was leader of the Chugach Mountains Expedition which was sponsored by the Arctic Institute of North America. This name was officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names in 1965.{{cite gnis|id=1875760|name=Pilot Peak|accessdate=2020-03-31}}