Big old cedar of Lebanon Koca Katran Lübnan sediri | |
Species: | Cedar of Lebanon |
Binomial: | Cedrus libani |
Location: | Çığlıkara Nature Reserve, Elmalı, Antalya Province, Turkey |
Coordinates: | 36.5253°N 29.8293°W |
Seeded: | 4 BC |
Custodian: | Ministry of Forest and Water Management |
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 25m (82feet) high and the circumference of its trunk is 8.23m (27feet) at 2.62m (08.6feet) 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.