"La Brea" is Spanish for "the tar", a reference to the La Brea Tar Pits.
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La Brea near Wilshire is home to Museum Row, including landmarks such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the La Brea Tar Pits, and the George C. Page Museum.
Lake Guanoco is one of the five natural asphalt lake areas in the world, the others being Tierra de Brea in Trinidad and Tobago and Rancho La Brea (Los Angeles), McKittrick Tar Pits (McKittrick) and Carpinteria Tar Pits (Carpinteria) all located in the US state of California.
The McKittrick Tar Pits, which are similar to the more famous La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, contain an assemblage of bones of ice age mammals.
These would be the first of many fossils excavated from the La Brea Tar Pits.
Bitumen is a term used for natural deposits of oil "tar" – such as at the La Brea Tar Pits.
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The Carpinteria Tar Pits are one of the five natural asphalt lake areas in the world, the others being Tierra de Brea in Trinidad and Tobago, Lake Guanoco in Venezuela and the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits (Los Angeles) and McKittrick Tar Pits (McKittrick) both also located in the US state of California.