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Pitch Lake

noun

  1. a deposit of natural asphalt in SW Trinidad, West Indies. 114 acres (47 hectares).


Pitch Lake

noun

  1. a deposit of natural asphalt in the Caribbean, in SW Trinidad. Area: 46 hectares (114 acres)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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May it not be far older than the Pitch Lake above—older, possibly, than the formation of any asphalt at all?

This is the remnant of one of the many rash speculations connected with the Pitch Lake.

He found petroleum in the Trinidad pitch lake way back in the sixteenth century.

At the mouth of the Orinoco river is the Island of Trinidad upon which is the famous pitch lake.

Indirectly, of course, the Pitch Lake has been the means of attracting attention to the island, especially in earlier times.

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