Pitch Lake

The Pitch Lake is the largest natural deposit of bitumen in the world, estimated to contain 10 million tons. It is located in , more specifically in La Brea in southwest , within the Siparia Regional Corporation.
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  • Asphalt lake
  • …lies at an elevation of 30 metres (98 feet)
  • …is also known as “Pitch Lake of La Brea”
  • Description: landform

Places in the Area

Nearby places include La Brea and Techier.
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is a town in southwestern , located…
is a community in the Republic of . is situated 8 km southwest of Pitch Lake.
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is the main town in the lightly populated deep south peninsula of .

Pitch Lake

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Latitude
10.23373° or 10° 14′ 1″ north
Longitude
-61.62825° or 61° 37′ 42″ west
Open location code
772W69MC+FM
Geo­Names ID
3573915
Wiki­data ID
Q717351

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Pitch Lake” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحيرة الزفت”
  • Basque: “Pitch Lake”
  • Bulgarian: “Катранено езеро”
  • Bulgarian: “Катраненото езеро”
  • Chinese: “彼奇湖”
  • Croatian: “Jezero Pitch”
  • Croatian: “Pitch”
  • Czech: “Pitch Lake”
  • Dutch: “Pitch Lake”
  • Esperanto: “Asfalta Lago”
  • Estonian: “Pitchi asfaldijärv”
  • Finnish: “Pitch Lake”
  • French: “lac Pitch”
  • French: “Pitch Lake”
  • Georgian: “პიჩ-ლეიკი”
  • German: “La Brea Pitch Lake”
  • German: “Pitch Lake”
  • Hebrew: “אגם הזפת”
  • Japanese: “ピッチ湖”
  • Lithuanian: “Asfalto ežeras”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “La Brea asfaltsjø”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pitch Lake”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tierra de Brea”
  • Norwegian: “Pitch Lake”
  • Persian: “دریاچه قیر”
  • Polish: “Jezioro Asfaltowe”
  • Portuguese: “Pitch Lake”
  • Russian: “Питч-Лейк”
  • Russian: “Пич-Лейк”
  • Spanish: “Lago de la Brea”
  • Swedish: “La Brea asfaltsjö”
  • Ukrainian: “Піч-Лейк”

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