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)

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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