Tsar oak

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Trunk of the tsar oak

The Tsar Oak (Polish: Dąb Car) was one of the mightiest trees in the Polish Białowieża Primeval Forest .

This oak is located in sector 513 of the national park, about four kilometers east of the Łozice forest workers' settlement.
The tree reached a height of 41 m. The circumference was 640 cm at a height of 130 cm from the base. The volume of the tree was estimated at 75 m³. The oak died in 1984 . Since then she has been standing dead on the banks of the Leśna Prawa River . Today the trunk is completely without bark , some branches have broken off and lie at the base of the trunk.

The age of this oak has been estimated to be 450 to 500 years.

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Coordinates: 52 ° 40 ′ 19 ″  N , 23 ° 37 ′ 15 ″  E