Species Cedrus libani | ||
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Location Çığlıkara Nature Reserve, Elmalı, Antalya Province, Turkey Date seeded - 4; 2021 years ago (- 4) Custodian Ministry of Forest and Water Managemen | ||
Koca Katran Lübnan sediri (literally: Big old cedar of Lebanon) is a monumental old cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus libani) in Antalya Province, southern Turkey. It is a registered natural monument of the country.
Koca Katran is located within Çığlıkara Nature Reserve, a cedar forest, in Elmalı district of Antalya Province. The tree is 25 m (82 ft) high and the circumference of its trunk is 8.23 m (27.0 ft) at 2.62 m (8.6 ft) diameter.
The old tree was registered a natural monument in 1995. The age of the cedar was dated as 2000 years old when it was registered.
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