Tree of Ténéré : Meet The Worlds Loneliest Tree

You must have heard of jungles having millions of trees living together covering miles and miles of Earth…

But there is also a place where lived the World’s loneliest tree: Tree of Ténéré

This tree once considered the loneliest tree on Earth i.e. One in over 400 km.

Yes!! you read it correct… One in over 400 km area. It was so well known that it was only tree on map at the scale of 1:4,000,000.

It was located near a 40-metre (131 feet)-deep well. But, Sadly it was knocked down in 1973, by a drunk truck driver.

On November 8, 1973, the dead tree was moved to the Niger National Museum in the capital Niamey.

Currently, The lace has been marked with a metal sculpture as shown below:

It is an inspiration for many to showcase that people can stand alone also in all adversaries without waiting for others to stand beside you…

In Google Maps The place can be found at the following link:

https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Tree+of+T%C3%A9n%C3%A9r%C3%A9/@17.75,10.0644783,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x119e7830ff6c6cff:0x3f85e6205c47d087!8m2!3d17.75!4d10.066667?hl=en

Note: Most of the information about this tree I collected from a Wikipedia article : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_T%C3%A9n%C3%A9r%C3%A9

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Hi @AmarArora that is a cool story and thank you for both highlighting this place and for crediting the source of the images. I’ll move this to the sharing discoveries board.

Regards Paul

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Hey @AmarArora ,

That’s a great post! I hadn’t heard about this tree before. It’s a truly inspiring story.

Thanks for sharing!

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Hi @AmarArora ,

This is an amazing story indeed and I didn’t know about it so far! It gets into my travel list for sure. The fact that you couldn’t find another tree in area of 400km amazed me the most.

Cheers,

Marin

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Thank you @AmarArora for sharing this with us. Nature is amazing and it surprises us everyday :slight_smile: That tree had a very strong will to live!

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Thanks @PaulPavlinovich for liking…

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Thanks @MarinSt , @ValeriaA , @NadyaPN for liking and appreciation…

Thank you all…

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