Ana Ardıç monumental tree explained

Ana Ardıç
(Main Juniper)
Map:Turkey
Map Width:260
Relief:yes
Label:Ana Ardıç (Main Juniper)
Label Position:right
Location:Kozpınarı, Çamlıyayla, Mersin Province, Turkey
Coordinates:37.2661°N 34.5614°W

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 . Administratively, it is in Çamlıyayla ilçe (district) of Mersin Province. Its distance to Çamlıyayla is about and to Mersin is .

As of 2015 the tree was 1107 years old.[1] Its height is and the diameter of its trunk is .On 29 September 1994 the tree was declared a natural monument.[2]

References

  1. http://www.mersinkulturturizm.gov.tr/TR,73470/anit-agaclar.html Mersin Culture Tourism page
  2. Web site: Mersin local news . tr . 2017-01-20 . 2017-02-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170201235201/http://mersin.yerelnet.org.tr/il_kt_varligi.php?iladi=MERS%DDN . dead .