Pitch Lake

American  

noun

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

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Pitch Lake British  

noun

1. a deposit of natural asphalt in the Caribbean, in SW Trinidad. Area: 46 hectares (114 acres)

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Example Sentences

The gooey, black stuff still burbles away at Pitch Lake, which Answer Man guesses makes water skiing kind of tough.

From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2018

It occurs naturally too, in places such as California’s La Brea Tar Pits and in the famed Pitch Lake in Trinidad.

From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2018

Tarry asphalt from Pitch Lake was used by Sir Walter Raleigh to waterproof the hulls of his ships.

From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2018

One of the biggest shareholders in this Pitch Lake.

From Plotting in Pirate Seas by Federer, C. A. (Charles A.)

The celebrated Pitch Lake of Trinidad was long regarded as the largest deposit of asphalt in existence, but it is said to be exceeded in area, if not in depth also, by one in Venezuela.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various