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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Pitch Lake

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

From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2018

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

The dried-up bed of a large park pond, with a small island or two of green shrubbery, and some very scrawny palms around the edge would exactly represent the famous Pitch Lake of Trinidad.

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

It is of organic origin, the asphalt of the great Pitch Lake of Trinidad being derived from bituminous shales, containing vegetable remains in the process of transformation.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various