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The asphalt lake has a surface area of about {{convert|445|ha|acre|abbr=on|lk=on}} and the depth varies between {{convert|1.5|to|2|m|ft|abbr=on}}.
<ref name=E/><ref name=C>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/247807/Guanoco-Lake], Encyclopædia Britannica, accessdate=2010-08-28</ref><ref name=G>{{cite web|url=http://www.inveas.org.ve/noticias.asp?id%3D20 |title=Instituto Venezolano del Asfalto |accessdate=2010-08-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310235811/http://www.inveas.org.ve/noticias.asp?id=20 |archivedate=2012-03-10 }}, Instituto Venezolano del Asfalto INVEAS.org, accessdate=2010-08-28</ref> Even though Lake Guanoco is larger in area than Trinidad's Pitch Lake (
Lake Guanoco is also different from other asphalt lakes as it is covered in vegetation.{{Cn|date=March 2024}} All asphalt lakes were probably created during the [[Pleistocene]] [[Epoch (geology)|epoch]] and share the same geological principle.
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