| a deposit of natural asphalt in SW Trinidad, West Indies. 114 acres. (47 hectares). |
Pitch Lake
naturalnatural asphalt deposit at La Brea, on the southwestern coast of Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, southeastern West Indies. Known to European explorers since the 16th century for its large surface exposure of pure asphalt, the deposit covers some 100 acres (40 hectares) and has a maximum depth of about 250 feet (80 metres). Asphalt reserves are estimated at more than six million tons, and tens of thousands of tons are extracted annually.
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