Sweet chestnut of Ovacık village

Kemalpaşa, Turkey · built 1995

Sweet chestnut of Ovacık village (Ovacık Köyü Anadolu Kestanesi) is a very old chestnut tree in İzmir Province, western Turkey. It is a registered natural monument of the country. The chestnut tree is located at Ovacık Highland close to Ovacık village in Kemalpaşa district of İzmir Province. It is a sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa). The tree is 18 m (59 ft) high, has a circumference of 8.70 m (28.5 ft) at 2.80 m (9.2 ft) diameter. Its age is dated to be about 500 years old. The tree was registered a natural monument on February 21, 1995. The protected area of the plant covers 2,500 m2 (27, 000 sq ft).

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