Trending Now - 30+ Of The Most Depressing Places On Earth That Actually Exist

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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Trending Now - 30+ Of The Most Depressing Places On Earth That Actually Exist

America

Lonesome Lake, Washington U.S

Pointless Mountain, Squamish-Lillooet, Canada

Misery Island, Tasmania, Australia

Mistake Island, Jonesport U.S

Why Me Lord Lane, Chester U.S

Shades of Death Road, New Jersey U.S

Useless Islands, New Zealand

Divorce Beach, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Disappointment Lake, California, US

Sorrow Islands, British Columbia

Despair Island, Maine U.S

Terrible Mountain, Vermont U.S

Mistake Island, B.C Canada

Point No Point, Newark U.S

Lonely Island, Ontario Canada

Misery, France

Sadness Street, Jemil, Tunisia

All Alone Road, Bradford U.K

Hopeless Road, Dandridge U.S

Lonesome Road, Cedar Grove U.S

Mount Disappointment, Victoria, Australia

All Alone, Cheltenham, U.K

Nasty Pond, Oregon, U.S

Deception Island, Antartica

Nameless, Tennessee, U.S

World’s End, Aylesbury, U.K

Miserable Island, Banner Township, Illinois, U.S

Bucket of Blood Street, Holbrook, Arizona, U.S

Blunder Pond, Northeast Piscataquis, Maine, U.S

Dead Woman Pond, Texas, U.S

Useless Loop, Western Australia

Despair Island, Portsmouth, Rhode Island U.S

Dead Woman Creek, Oklahoma, U.S

Abandoned, Hartwick, New York State, U.S

Road to Misery, Kennebunkport, Maine U.S

Repulse Bay, Canada

Fail, U.K

Suicide Bay, Tasmania, Australia

Nothing, Arizona, U.S

Death Lake, Cochrane, Canada

Pity, Haiti

Desperation Lake, Alaska, U.S

Sad Lake, Oregon U.S

Murdering Beach Road, Heyward Point, New Zealand

Lonely Island, Ontario, Canada

Grief Island, Alaska U.S

Dubious Reservoir, Oregon U.S

Lake Torment, Annapolis, Subd, Canada

Broken Dreams Drive, Arivaca, Arizona U.S

Pity Me, Durham U.K

What Cheer, Iowa U.S

Hell for Certain Road, Hyden Kentucky U.S

Little Hope Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

Failure Canyon, Samak, Utah U.S

Kill, Ireland

Suffering Street, Menzel Jemil, Tunisia

Accident, Maryland U.S

Pain Lake, Ontario, Canada

Lost Boys Lane, Riverview, Florida U.S

Melancholy Lane, Dorset U.K

Crying Child Island, Jacksonville Beach, Florida U.S

Miserable Lake, Banner Township, Illinois U.S

Crying Lady Rock, Washington U.S

Desperate Lane, Asheville, North Carolina U.S

Hopeless way, Bunkerville, Nevada U.S

Mistaken Island, British Columbia Canada

Poverty Island, Michigan U.S

Shades of Death road, Independence Township, New Jersey U.S

Ugly, West Bangal, India

Lonelyville, Fire Island, New York U.S

Haunted Lake, Francestown, New Hampshire U.S

Agony Island, Marshall Islands

Disappointment Lake, Idaho U.S

Emptyness Drive, Cypress, Texas U.S

Die, France