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Carpinteria Tar Pits

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Layers of stone and tar at Carpinteria, CA
Layers of stone and tar at Carpinteria, CA

The Carpinteria Tar Pits (also Carpinteria Oil Seeps) are a series of natural asphalt lakes situated in the southern part of Santa Barbara County in southern California, US.The Carpinteria Tar Pits are a natural asphalt lake areas similar to Tierra de Brea Trinidad and Tobago, Lake Guanoco in Venezuela and the La Brea Tar Pits (Los Angeles) and McKittrick Tar Pits (McKittrick) both also located in the US state of California.

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Carpinteria Tar Pits
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N 34.391938888889 ° E -119.52123333333 °
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Carpinteria State Beach: Santa Cruz

Sandy Land Road
93013
California, United States
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