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21 Of The Saddest Places On Earth From Instagram’s sadtopographies

October 8, 2015 7 Comments

Cape Disappointment Lighthouse, Washington

Cape Disappointment Lighthouse, Washington

If you’re not following @sadtopographies on Instagram, you should. The account shows the places with saddest and most depressing names on earth.

Examples include everything from Cape Disappointment to Point No Point to Sad Road. And while Americans and Australians are usually thought to have sunny dispositions they also have a lot of unfortunate place names.

21 of our favourites are included below:

1. Sad Road, Lancaster, KY

Sad Road, Lancaster KY, U.S. #sad #depressingplaces

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Sep 20, 2015 at 12:12am PDT

2. Depression Pond, Dover, US

Depression Pond, Dover U.S #depression

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Sep 20, 2015 at 12:23am PDT

3. Mount Despair, Montana

Mount Despair, Montana, U.S. #despair

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Sep 20, 2015 at 12:20am PDT

4. Misery Bay, Michigan

Misery Bay, Michigan, U.S. #misery

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Sep 20, 2015 at 12:25am PDT

5. Melancholy Waterhole, Sturt, Australia

Melancholy Waterhole, Sturt, Australia #melancholy

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Sep 20, 2015 at 12:30am PDT

6. Gloomy Lake, ON Canada

Gloomy Lake, ON Canada #gloomy

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Sep 20, 2015 at 6:57am PDT

7. Mistake Island, Jonesport, U.S

Mistake Island, Jonesport, U.S #mistake

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Sep 20, 2015 at 7:04am PDT

8. Little Hope, Texas

Little Hope, Texas #littlehope

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Sep 20, 2015 at 11:22pm PDT

9. Cape Disappointment Lighthouse, Washington U.S

Cape Disappointment, Washington U.S #disappointment

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Sep 21, 2015 at 12:33pm PDT

10. Nowhere Else, Tasmania, Australia

Nowhere Else, Tasmania, Australia #nowhereelse

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Sep 22, 2015 at 12:13am PDT

11. Despair Island, Rhode Island

Despair Island, Rhode Island, US #despair

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Sep 22, 2015 at 10:28am PDT

12. Tragedy Pool, Camballin, Australia

Tragedy Pool, Camballin, Australia #tragedy

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Sep 24, 2015 at 1:04am PDT

13. Misery, France

Misery, France. #misery

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Sep 25, 2015 at 12:14am PDT

14. Point No Point, Hansville, US

Point No Point, Hansville, US #nopoint

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Sep 25, 2015 at 11:29pm PDT

15. Sorrow Islands, British Columbia, Canada

Sorrow Islands, British Columbia, Canada #sorrow

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Sep 28, 2015 at 1:03am PDT

16. Disappointment Island, New Zealand

Disappointment Island, New Zealand #disappointment

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Sep 29, 2015 at 4:05am PDT

17. Hopeless Pass, California, US

Hopeless Pass, California, US #hopless

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Sep 30, 2015 at 12:55am PDT

18. Unfortunate Cove, Cook’s Harbour, Canada

Unfortunate Cove, Cook's Harbor, Canada #unfortunate

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Oct 2, 2015 at 12:09pm PDT

19. Alone, Brescia Province, Italy

Alone, Brescia Province, Italy #alone

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Oct 6, 2015 at 4:19am PDT

20. Calamity Lake, Crystal Bay, U.S

Calamity Lake, Crystal Bay, U.S #calamity

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Oct 7, 2015 at 11:48pm PDT

21. Termination Point, Washington, U.S

Termination Point, Washington, U.S #termination

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Oct 7, 2015 at 12:59am PDT

For more place names have a look at: Most Common Words In Incorporated Place Names By US State.

To learn more about place names in general have a look at the following books:

  • Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States
  • Why Do They Call It Topeka?: How Places Got Their Names
  • Hometown Revelations – How America’s cities, towns, and states acquired their names

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Comments

  1. Diego Gonzalez says

    October 8, 2015 at 9:42 pm

    Deception Bridge, WA https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deception_Pass

    Reply
    • Philip ingamn says

      September 15, 2021 at 6:58 am

      Cap malheureux , mauritius

      Reply
  2. silvia says

    October 9, 2015 at 2:04 pm

    In Catalonia there is a village called Ultramort, which means ultradeath
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultramort

    Reply
  3. Eddy Lyons says

    January 9, 2016 at 12:59 am

    Cape Foulweather, Oregon

    Reply
  4. b_C says

    May 13, 2019 at 6:07 pm

    Missed Desolation Sound, British Columbia, Canada

    Ultimate saddest place – Dildo, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (Think of the implcations!)

    Reply
  5. b_C says

    May 13, 2019 at 6:16 pm

    Add: Baie d’Espoir, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Meaning: Hope Bay. Pronounced: Bay Despair. (Newfoundlanders, and their accents, are Canada’s national treasure!)

    Reply
  6. CEO says

    July 18, 2019 at 3:03 pm

    NYC, NY

    Reply

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