The Baikushev's Pine is a coniferous tree from the species Bosnian Pine

Bosnian Pine

The Bosnian Pine is a species of pine native to Bosnia but is also found in the mountains of southeastern Europe, in southwestern Bulgaria, Bosnia, Albania, the Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, northern Greece , and locally in southern Italy ,...

 (Pinus heldreichii) situated in Pirin

Pirin

The Pirin Mountains are a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria, with Vihren the highest peak, situated at . The range extends about 40 km northwest-southeast, and about 25 km wide. Most of the range is protected in the Pirin National Park...

, southwestern Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

. It is named after its discoverer, forest ranger Kostadin Baikushev, and is located near the Banderitsa refuge

Banderitsa refuge

The Banderitsa refuge is a refuge in northern Pirin, Bulgaria situated on the left shores of the Banderishka river at an altitude of 1,810 m. It is located at 14 km of Bansko. The refuge is a complex of a three-storey edifice, a two-storey edifice and a bungalow with a total capacity of 180 beds....

. With an approximate age of about 1,300 years, Baikushev's pine is one of the oldest trees in the world and is a contemporary of Bulgaria's first khan, Asparukh. It has a height of 26 m, is 2.2 m in diameter and 7.8m in circumference.