Monumental Olive Tree of Vouves
The Olive tree of Vouves is an olive tree in the village of Ano Vouves in the municipal unit of Kolymvari in Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Probably one of the oldest olive trees in the world, it still produces olives today.
- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of 272 metres (892 feet)
- …stands 6.5 metres (21 feet) tall
- Description: exceptionally old olive tree in the Greek village of Ano Vouves
- Also known as“Ancient Olive Tree of Vouves”“Olive tree of Vouves”
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Monumental Olive Tree of Vouves
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Latitude
35.48686° or 35° 29′ 13″ north
Longitude
23.7868° or 23° 47′ 13″ east
Open location code
8G75FQPP+PP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = tree
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = attraction
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Monumental Olive Tree of Vouves” goes by many names.
شجرة الزيتون في فوفArabic
Olivera de VouvesAragonese
Vuvus zeytun ağacıAzerbaijani
Маслиново дърво от ВувесBulgarian
دار زەیتوونی ڤڤێسCentral Kurdish
Olivovník ve VouvesCzech
Ελιά ΒουβώνGreek
Ελιά των ΒουβώνGreek
Ulivo di VouvesItalian
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