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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.〔(), National Library and Information System Authority, National Library of Trinidad and Tobago, accessdate=2010-08-28〕〔(), Electric Universe Geology.com, accessdate=2010-08-28〕〔(), Electric Universe Theory Forum, accessdate=2010-08-28〕 ==Geography== Lake Guanoco asphalt lake lies in the state of Estado Sucre about southeast of Cumaná close to ''Libertador'' at the Guanoco River only about east of the ''Golfo de Paria''.〔s:Page:Popular Science Monthly Volume 81.djvu/176, WikiSource, accessdate=2010-08-28〕 The asphalt lake has a surface area of about and the depth varies between . 〔〔(), Encyclopædia Britannica, accessdate=2010-08-28〕〔(), Instituto Venezolano del Asfalto INVEAS.org, accessdate=2010-08-28〕 Even though Lake Guanoco is larger in area than Trinidad's Pitch Lake, it is smaller in volume; nevertheless its tar is purer. Lake Guanoco is also different from other asphalt lakes as it is covered in vegetation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lake Bermudez」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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