Devils Prongs

Devils Prongs is a 2,175-foot mountain on the northeast coast of Kodiak Island, Alaska, at the head of Monaska Bay near Kodiak. Though not especially high, it stands out because it rises more than 2,000 feet above the bay in less than a mile and is marked by three peaks that shaped its modern name. Water from the mountain drains north into Virginia Creek and south into Pillar Creek, both flowing into Monaska Bay. In 1808 Russian naval officers called it Gory Chyernysheva, or “Black Mountains.” The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey applied the present name in 1869, and it was officially standardized in 1966.

Kodiak, Alaska · United States