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Lake Bermudez

10°11′48″N 62°52′14″W / 10.19667°N 62.87056°W / 10.19667; -62.87056

Overview map, Estado Sucre in northern Venezuela
Situation map, Libertador situated below the Paria peninsula
Paria Peninsula seen from space

Lake Guanoco (Spanish: Lago Guanoco or Lago de Asfalto de Guanoco, also Lake Bermudez) is the world's second largest natural tar pit and lies in Venezuela in northern South America.

Lake Guanoco is one of the five natural asphalt lake areas in the world, the others being Pitch Lake in Trinidad and Tobago and La Brea Tar Pits (Los Angeles), McKittrick Tar Pits (McKittrick) and Carpinteria Tar Pits (Carpinteria) all located in the US state of California.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Pitch Lake". Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2010-08-28., National Library and Information System Authority, National Library of Trinidad and Tobago, accessdate=2010-08-28
  2. ^ [1], Electric Universe Geology.com, accessdate=2010-08-28
  3. ^ [2], Electric Universe Theory Forum, accessdate=2010-08-28
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