Piper Peak is the highest

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in the

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of Esmeralda County in

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, United States. It is the most

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peak in Esmeralda County and ranks twenty-third among the most topographically prominent peaks in Nevada. The peak is on public land administered by the

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and thus has no access restrictions. The summit was named after N. T. Piper. Variant names are "Mount Piper" and "Pipers Peak".

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