Trott's Pond is a small
lake
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in the northeast of
Bermuda
Bermuda is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. The closest land outside the territory is in the American state of North Carolina, about to the west-northwest.
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that is created by the
sinkhole
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. Like many of Bermuda's lakes, it water is
Brackish water
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(water that is saltier than fresh water, but not as salty as seawater), as it lies close to the
Atlantic Ocean
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.
The lake lies in
Hamilton Parish
Hamilton Parish (originally Bedford Parish) is one of the nine Administrative divisions of Bermuda, parishes of Bermuda. It was renamed for Scottish aristocrat James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton (1589–1625) when he purchased the shares o ...
to the east of
Harrington Sound
Harrington Sound is a large inland body of water in the northeast of the main island of Bermuda. It is surrounded by the main island on all sides, only appearing open to the ocean via a small channel called Flatt's Inlet, Bermuda, Flatt's Inlet ...
and 800 metres (half a mile) northeast of the larger
Mangrove Lake.
Lakes of Bermuda
Hamilton Parish
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