Damien Rudd is a 33-year-old Australian behind the Instagram account called "Sad topographies" where he collects Google Maps screenshots of the world‘s most depressing sounding places. It all began by accident when Rudd was searching for something and suddenly discovered Mount Hopeless in Australia.
"I typed hopeless into Google Maps to find other places called hopeless, then other synonyms for sadness,” Damien told WERTN magazine. "I screen captured the results and soon had the beginnings of the collection.”
Rudd now has a pretty big collection of world’s most joyless locations and he’s put them all into a book of hand-drawn maps, together with their fascinating etymologies. When asked about his favorites, Damien replied: "Probably the ones in Antarctica are the most interesting. There is Shapeless Mountain which was named as none of the exploring party could agree on its shape. So shapeless was Shapeless Mountain that when a later expedition attempted to climb it, they scaled the wrong mountain entirely - which they then in turn named Mistake Mountain. There is also a Wrong Peak, which earned its name in under similar circumstances. In 1963 Recoil Glacier was named by a geologist who was said to have "recoiled in disgust" at finding nothing of interest there."
Scroll down to find out where "to go, when you're feeling low," as states Sad topographies Instagram account.
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America
Why Me Lord Lane, Chester, USA
Divorce Beach, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Disappointment Lake, California, USA
Nothing, Arizona, USA
All Alone Road, Bradford, UK
Mistake Island, Jonesport, USA
Shades Of Death Road, New Jersey, USA
Pointless Mountain, Squamish-Lillooet, Canada
Point No Point, Newark, USA
Suicide Bridge, Maryland, USA
Grandmother's Hole, Goa, India
Shit, Iran
Fail, UK
Road To Nowhere, Iqaluit, Canada
Lonesome Lake, Washington, USA
Grumpy Lane, Lake Echo, Canada
Useless Loop, Western Australia
Hell For Certain Road, Hyden Kentucky, USA
Nasty Pond, Oregon, USA
Lake Of No Return, Osage Township, Ar, USA
Agony Island, Marshall Islands
Miserable Island, Banner Township, Illinois, USA
Depressed Lake, California, USA
Ugly, West Bangal, India
Kill, Ireland
Suffering Street, Menzel Jemil, Tunisia
Hopeless Way, Bunkerville, Nevada, USA
Pity Me, Durham, USA
Crying Child Island, Jacksonville Beach, Florida, USA
Lonelyville, Fire Island, New York, USA
Dead Women Crossing, Oklahoma, USA
Sad Lake, Oregon, USA
Worthless Road, Laytonville, USA
Hearts Desire Ave / Broken Heart St, Las Vegas, USA
Misery, France
Emptyness Drive, Cypress, Texas, USA
Melancholy Waterhole, Sturt, Australia
Abandoned, Hartwick, New York State, USA
Murdering Beach Road, Heyward Point, New Zealand
Sadness Street, Jemil, Tunisia
Miserable Lake, Banner Township, Illinois, USA
Disappointment Road, Barbourville Ky, USA
Desperation Drive / Solitude Way, Shingle Springs, Ca, USA
Poverty Island, Michigan, USA
Haunted Lake, Francestown, New Hampshire, USA
Purgatory Pond, Dunbarton, USA
Labour In Vain Road, Stansted, UK
Camp Suicide Road, Michigan, USA
Dead Dog Island, Killarney, Canada
Sorrow Islands, British Columbia, Canada
Nameless, Tennessee, USA
Little Hope Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
Disenchantment Bay, Alaska, USA
Hateful Hill, Vermont, USA
Terror Lake, Alaska
Suicide Bay, Tasmania, Australia
Sad, Slovenia
Crying Lady Rock, Washington, USA
Loveless Lake, Wisconsin, USA
Fail, Portugal
Alone, Brescia Province, Italy
Grief Island, Alaska, USA
Forlorn Lake, Nipissing, Canada
Doubtful Island, New Zealand
Doubtful Island, New Zealand
Abandoned, Svalbard
Broken Island, Washington, USA
Starvation Heights, Oregon, USA
Dead Woman Creek, Oklahoma, USA
Lost Boys Lane, Riverview, Florida, USA
Death Lake, Cochrane, Canada
Melancholy Lane, Dorset, USA
Disappointment Lake, Idaho, USA
Solitude Island, Ontario, Canada
Suicide Lake, Wyoming, USA
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