La Brea Pitch Lake in southwest Trinidad is the largest natural deposit of asphalt on Earth, covering roughly 40 hectares and supplying bitumen worldwide for over a century.
Record no. MRB-2026-006620
Largest Natural Asphalt Deposit in the World
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