List of flagpoles by height
This list of flagpoles by height includes completed flagpoles which are either free–standing or supported, excluding the height of any pedestal (plinth), building, or other base platform which may elevate them.
Rank | Flagpole | Image | Location | Country | Height
meters (feet) |
Completed | Type | Coordinates | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Unnamed | New Administrative Capital, Cairo | Egypt | 201.952 m (662.57 ft)[1] | 26 December 2021 | ||||
2 | Jeddah Flagpole | King Abdullah Square, Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 171 m (561 ft)[2] | 23 September 2014 | Free–standing | 21°30′27.23″N 39°10′11.03″E / 21.5075639°N 39.1697306°E | ||
3 | Dushanbe Flagpole | Dushanbe | Tajikistan | 165 m (541 ft)[3] | 24 May 2011 | Free–standing | 38°34′44.4″N 68°46′48.36″E / 38.579000°N 68.7801000°E | ||
4 | National Flag Square Flagpole | Neftchiler Avenue, Bayil, Baku | Azerbaijan | 162 m (531 ft)[4] | 1 September 2010 | Free–standing | 40°20′39.47″N 49°50′41.64″E / 40.3442972°N 49.8449000°E | ||
5 | Panmunjom Flagpole | Kijong-dong | North Korea | 160 m (520 ft)[5] | Before 1999 | Supported | 37°56′42.99″N 126°39′18.78″E / 37.9452750°N 126.6552167°E | ||
6 | Ashgabat Flagpole | Ashgabat | Turkmenistan | 133 m (436 ft)[6] | 29 June 2008 | Free–standing | 37°53′13.2″N 58°21′1.8″E / 37.887000°N 58.350500°E | ||
7 | Aqaba Flagpole | Aqaba | Jordan | 130 m (430 ft)[7] | 3 October 2004 | Free–standing | 29°31′18.12″N 35°0′4″E / 29.5217000°N 35.00111°E | ||
8 | Raghadan Flagpole | Amman | Jordan | 126.8 m (416 ft)[8] | 10 June 2003 | Free–standing | 31°58′8.15″N 35°56′8.18″E / 31.9689306°N 35.9356056°E | ||
9 | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 123 m (404 ft)[8][9] | 2 December 2001 | Free–standing | 24°28′39.78″N 54°19′55.6″E / 24.4777167°N 54.332111°E | |||
10 | Acuity Flagpole | Sheboygan, Wisconsin | United States of America | 120 m (390 ft)[10] | 24 May 2014 | Free–standing | 43°43′47.16″N 87°45′23.56″W / 43.7297667°N 87.7565444°W | ||
11 | Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 95 m (312 ft)[11] | 1989 | Free–standing | 3°18′51.36″N 101°41′36.924″E / 3.3142667°N 101.69359000°E |
See also[]
- List of tallest bridges
- List of tallest buildings
- List of tallest structures
References[]
- ^ "Tallest flagpole". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
- ^ "Tallest Unsupported Flagpole". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on 2021-12-17. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
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- ^ Abbasov, Rafael (29 May 2010). "Tallest unsupported flagpole". Guinness World Record. Archived from the original on 19 December 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
- ^ Potts, Rolf (3 February 1999). "Korea's No-Man's-Land". Salon. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ "Emporis– Ashgabat flagpole". Emporis. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ "Aqaba Flagpole info on the website of Trident Support Corporation". Archived from the original on 27 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Jordan flagpole hits new heights". BBC News. 10 June 2003. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
- ^ "Abu Dhabi claims world's tallest flagpole". BBC News. 26 November 2001. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
- ^ Weyandt, Janet (25 May 2014). "High-flying: Up in time for Memorial Day, Acuity flag is world's tallest". The Sheboygan Press. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Emporis– Merdeka Square Flagpole". Emporis. Archived from the original on 6 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
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