Pitch Lake
a deposit of natural asphalt in SW Trinidad, West Indies. 114 acres (47 hectares).
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How to use Pitch Lake in a sentence
May it not be far older than the Pitch Lake above—older, possibly, than the formation of any asphalt at all?
At Last | Charles KingsleyThis is the remnant of one of the many rash speculations connected with the Pitch Lake.
At Last | Charles KingsleyHe found petroleum in the Trinidad Pitch Lake way back in the sixteenth century.
Children of the Market Place | Edgar Lee MastersAt the mouth of the Orinoco river is the Island of Trinidad upon which is the famous Pitch Lake.
Birdseye Views of Far Lands | James T. NicholsIndirectly, of course, the Pitch Lake has been the means of attracting attention to the island, especially in earlier times.
Plotting in Pirate Seas | Francis Rolt-Wheeler
British Dictionary definitions for Pitch Lake
a deposit of natural asphalt in the Caribbean, in SW Trinidad. Area: 46 hectares (114 acres)
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