Devil's Island (Kourou) Devil's Island (Kourou) Devil's Island (French: Île du Diable) is the third-largest island of the Salvation's Islands, an island group in the Atlantic Ocean. It is located approximately 14 km (9 mi) off the coast of French Guiana in South America just north of the town of Kourou. It has an area of 14 ha (34.6 acres). The island was a part of a controversial French penal colony located in French Guiana for 101 years, from 1852 to 1953. Although it was the smallest part of the penal colony, it is notorious for being used for internal exile of French
The Devil in the Dark The Devil in the Dark "The Devil in the Dark" is the twenty-fifth episode of the of the American science fiction television series "". Written by Gene L. Coon and directed by Joseph Pevney, it first aired on March 9, 1967. In the episode, Captain Kirk and Spock face off with a deadly subterranean creature. William Shatner wrote in his memoirs that "The Devil in the Dark" was his favorite original "Star Trek" episode. He thought it was "exciting, thought-provoking and intelligent, it contained all of the ingredients that made up our very best "Star Trek"s". In the documentary "50