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Geologic Formation Attractions In Trinidad and Tobago

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Trinidad and Tobago , officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is a twin island country that is the southernmost nation of the West Indies in the Caribbean. It is situated 130 kilometres south of Grenada off the northern edge of the South American mainland, 11 kilometres off the coast of northeastern Venezuela. It shares maritime boundaries with Barbados to the northeast, Grenada to the northwest, Guyana to the southeast, and Venezuela to the south and west.The island of Trinidad was a Spanish colony from the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1498 until Spanish governor Don José María Chacón surrendered the island to a British fleet under th...
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Geologic Formation Attractions In Trinidad and Tobago

  • 1. La Brea Pitch Lake Trinidad
    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. Pronunciation of La Brea differs from that used in the USA at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles. Trinidadians call this place La Bray.
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  • 2. Piparo Mud Volcano Trinidad
    Piparo is a village in Central Trinidad on the southern edge of the Central Range. The village has three main claims to fame: Piparo was the base of operations of Dole Chadee , a notorious drug lord who was executed in 1999 for the murder of four members of the Baboolal family. Piparo was the home of Ras Shorty I during his self-imposed break from the soca world. Living simply in this rural community Ras Shorty-I developed Jamoo, a fusion of soca and gospel music. Piparo was the site of a large mud volcano eruption on February 22, 1997. The eruption covered an area of 2.5 km² and displaced 31 families. The mud volcano now lies inactive where the eruption took place.During the early twentieth century Piparo was an important cocoa bean producer. The small village is mainly inhabited by peop...
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  • 3. Devil's Woodyard Trinidad
    Devil's Woodyard is one of the most visited locations of Trinidad's many mud volcanoes. Located in Hindustan in New Grant near Princes Town, the series of several vents appeared in 1852. As legend goes: A relatively young volcanic site got its name after its first eruption in 1852. Which shook the entire village and fell the tall trees and frightened the Amerindian villagers. Villagers at the time believed that the devil had come from beneath the earth to fell the woods. The mounds of earth which occasionally bubble and hiss continue to amaze visitors of the site.
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