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Devils Prongs

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is significant as the mountain rises over 2,000 feet (610 meters) above tidewater of Monaska Bay in approximately zero point seven five miles (1.21 km). The mountain's name was applied in 1869 by the
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from the three peaks of the mountain drains north into Virginia Creek and south into Pillar Creek before each empty into Monaska Bay.
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zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool summers. Weather systems coming off the
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Northernmost of three peaks of Devils Prongs viewed across Monashka Bay
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Devils Prongs is located two miles (3.2 km) northwest of
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and the toponym was officially adopted in 1966 by the
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at the head of Monaska Bay on the northeast coast of
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Index


Elevation
Prominence
Parent peak
Isolation
Coordinates
57°48′45″N 152°28′00″W / 57.8125000°N 152.4666667°W / 57.8125000; -152.4666667
Devils Prongs is located in Alaska
Alaska
Kodiak Island Borough
Parent range
Kodiak Archipelago
Topo map
USGS
Alaska
Kodiak
Kodiak Island
runoff
Topographic relief
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
United States Board on Geographic Names
Köppen climate classification
subpolar oceanic climate
North Pacific
orographic lift
List of mountain peaks of Alaska
Geography of Alaska
East aspect
Northernmost of three peaks of Devils Prongs viewed across Monashka Bay

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