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 Trinidad and Tobago, more specifically in La Brea in southwest Trinidad, within the Siparia Regional Corporation.Photo: Vialva, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Brea.
La Brea
Town
Photo: Vialva, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Brea is a town in southwestern Trinidad, located northeast of Point Fortin and southwest of San Fernando. La Brea is best known as the site of the Pitch Lake, a natural asphalt lake.
Pitch Lake
- Type: Lake
- Description: landform
- Categories: tar pit, body of water, archaeological site, and historic site
- Location: Siparia Regional Corporation, Trinidad and Tobago, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
10.2345° or 10° 14′ 4″ northLongitude
-61.6273° or 61° 37′ 38″ westOpen location code
772W69MF+R3OpenStreetMap ID
way 169999818OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeWikidata ID
Q717351
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Satellite Map
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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”
- Hungarian: “Pitch-tó”
- 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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