Ana Ardıç monumental tree

Ana Ardıç
(Main Juniper)
Ana Ardıç; (Main Juniper)
	Ana Ardıç (Main Juniper) Location in Turkey
	Coordinates: 37°15′58″N 34°33′41″E / 37.26611°N 34.56139°E
Location	Kozpınarı, Çamlıyayla, Mersin Province, Turkey
Elevation	1,850 m (6,070 ft)

Ana Ardıç (literally “main juniper”) is a monumental tree in Turkey which is included in the list of natural monuments of Turkey.

The tree is in Kozpınarı location of Toros Mountains at an altitude of 1,850 metres (6,070 ft). Administratively, it is in Çamlıyayla ilçe (district) of Mersin Province. Its distance to Çamlıyayla is about 20 kilometres (12 mi) and to Mersin is 88 kilometres (55 mi).

As of 2015 the tree was 1107 years old.^[1] Its height is 22 metres (72 ft) and the diameter of its trunk is 3.5 metres (11 ft). On 29 September 1994 the tree was declared a natural monument.^[2]

References

[1] Mersin Culture Tourism page (in Turkish)

[2] Mersin local news (in Turkish)

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v t e Natural monuments of Turkey
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Forests	Geyik Alanı Grove NM Gümeli Forest NM
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Trees	Ana Ardıç NM Bığbığ Ivy NM Floating islands NM Koca Katran NM (Antalya) Koca Katran NM (Mersin) Mızıkçam NM Sweet chestnut NM Sweet chestnut of Mount Tota NM Sweet chestnut of Ovacık village NM Trembling aspen NM
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