Pilot Island
 Pilot Island from air | |
  Pilot Island  Pilot Island | |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Door County, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 45°17′06″N 086°55′11″W / 45.28500°N 86.91972°W |
| Adjacent to | Lake Michigan |
| Highest elevation | 581 ft (177.1 m) |
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Pilot Island is an island in Lake Michigan in the Town of Washington, in Door County, Wisconsin; it is part of Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge. An abandoned lighthouse, the Pilot Island Light, rests on the island.[1][2] Pilot Island lies in the middle of the southern opening of the Porte des Morts passage off the tip of the Door Peninsula.
Etymology
Pilot Island earned its name due to the use of the island as a "pilot" by sailors going through the dangerous Porte des Morts passage.[3]
References
- ^ Seeing The Light - Pilot Island Lighthouse
- ^ LIFE ON PILOT ISLAND - 1955
- ^ "Pilot Island Lighthouse - WI Shipwrecks". www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
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