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Whoever named things in New Zealand either had a morose temperament or a curious sense of humor. As we drove around the South Island, we were constantly caught off guard by the oddly pessimistic names for the natural phenomena. There is, of course, the well-known Doubtful Sound, but it doesn't end there: Dismal Creek, Poverty Bay, Mount Misery, and our favorite, Mount Awful.
Though the names amused us, they also deterred us from their bearers. But who knows, perhaps Mount Awful isn't so awful after all...
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