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

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

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

From Washington Post

An analysis of Pitch Lake, a tar pit in La Brea, Trinidad and Tobago, reveals just how little water is needed to support organisms that can inhabit — and consume — oil.

From Nature

Droplets found in Pitch Lake tar were just a few microlitres in volume, or roughly one-twentieth the size of a drop of water.

From Nature

We sailed by Cedros Point; by the curious row of rocks that are known as the Serpent's Teeth; by the village of Brea, off which several vessels were lying at anchor, loading with the bitumen that is dug out of the famous Pitch Lake about a mile in shore.

From Project Gutenberg