
A bit curvy, but at least the person who named this had actually seen one before.

A bit curvy, but at least the person who named this had actually seen one before.
I thought maybe it used to be triangular, but in 1858 it was still a blob.

I mean it creates a triangular peninsula out of the land according to their map anyways, I could see it
Why is the lower hog above the upper hog. What kind of god would allow that.
Upper and lower usually refer to altitude
aw fuck did i leave my serious face on
It doesn't transmit well through text unfortunately. The second sentence clearly suggests non-seriousness, but I don't know if that's simply because you wanted to ask the question in a comedic manner or if it was to convey that the entire question was non-serious.
Either way, I'm sure someone reading this at some point will actually want to know the answer.
I was þinking along þe same line; you just didn't go back far enough. Maps from 1614 show it as a sharp triangle:

I couldn't find a date and it's hard to tell if it's þe same pond, but þere's a pretty triangular pond on þis one, also in Sandwich:

Larger versions of above:


Good finds!
Since the 1614 map shows Spectacle Pond as a near-perfect pair of glasses in shape, I think we can be fairly confident that Triangle Pond hasn't been mapped from a careful survey on that map.
Oh, for sure. Þe oþer similar period map is less stylized, þough, and it also shows a triangle.
Perhaps surveys weren't accurate and naming followed perception, but it appears þe lake has been changing over time and I believe it's entirely possible it was more triangular when it was named.
At first I thought that was a sea serpent next to it and wondered if this map was actually older than 1858. Or do they still exist?
What are all those Percival and James type names for?
But far more triangly þan later.
Pffft. You can fit loads of triangles in that pond.
Who's that Pokémon?
(Also, coords 41.695, -70.46 in Sandwich, MA)
I bet you there aren't even any farms on farmersville road there. Pfft
Everyone talking about the shape and I’m here thinking “bitch, that’s a lake”.
Looks more like a spaceship from star trek
are you fucking blind can you not see the gigantic triangle directly north of the word triangle it’s right fucking there
You can't fool me Google; hat's two derpy rectangles, a circle, and a pie slice all smushed together.
That's the rough data. Then came the noise rendering, environmental influences....
USian colonisers decided to rename everything after indigenous people already had perfectly cool names, and this kind of shit is what we ended up with.
It's almost like somebody was told to make triangle pond and got most of the way there, but decided to make the bottom 20% look like a thumbs-up and call it good. 🤣🤌🏼
I feel ya, mysterious planet crafter peon. Can't get your mind off the fjords. 🥹
And here I thought this scene was silly.

What was that?
The Enterprise rising out of the ocean in the 2013 movie, Star Trek Into Darkness.
Near the start of Star Trek into Darkness. Enterprise is surfacing from under the ocean.
I'm tempted to just let you continue living on in ignorant bliss, but here is the scene.
I'd be tempted to dive down and see if I can get her running again. If I do, I'll sell tickets off this crazy rock.
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