List of tallest lighthouses

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This is a list of the tallest lighthouses, by tower height (as opposed to focal height, i.e. height of the lamp of a lighthouse from water level).

The list is based on the list of tallest lighthouses from The Lighthouse Directory.[1] As such, it includes "traditional lighthouses", i.e. buildings built by navigation safety authorities primarily as an aid to navigation. Some structures of interest that carry navigational lights, but were not mentioned in The Lighthouse Directory since they were not built primarily as lighthouses, are also listed, marked with "*".

Information regarding construction, year, and notes is from the list of tallest lighthouses at The Lighthouse Directory.[1] Sources are given for all other information.

Heights are from the United States Coast Guard Light List for the United States[2] and from NGA List of Lights for the rest of the world,[3] unless a better source exists. Where several lighthouses share the same height they share the same position, and are all marked with "=".

Order Name Construction Image Height Steps Location Country Year Remarks
* Jeddah Light Concrete and steel Jeddah-seaport-saudiarabia (cropped).PNG 431 feet (131 m)[4]   Jeddah  Saudi Arabia 1990 "has a credible claim to be the world's tallest light tower"[4]
* Yokohama Marine Tower[5] Steel skeletal Yokohama Marine Tower-02.jpg 332 feet (101 m)[6] 335[7] Yokohama  Japan 1961 Tallest in Japan
* Palacio Barolo Concrete Boca de acceso Sáenz Peña 03.jpg 328 feet (100 m)[8] 1410[9] Buenos Aires  Argentina 1923
* Statue of Liberty Steel skeletal with copper sheets Statue of Liberty 7.jpg 305 feet (93 m)[10] 377[11] New York City  United States 1886 Tallest at the time of construction
1 Île Vierge Lighthouse Stone (granite) Ile Vierge.jpg 82.5 metres (271 ft)[12][13] 397[12]
400[14]		 Finistère  France 1902 Tallest traditional
2 Lighthouse of Genoa Stone Italy-Genova-lighthouse.jpg 249 feet (76 m)[15]
77 metres (253 ft)[16]		 365[16] Genoa  Italy 1543 Tallest in the Mediterranean
3 Phare de Gatteville Stone (granite) Phare-de-Gatteville.jpg 247 feet (75 m)[17] 365[18] Gatteville-le-Phare  France 1835
4 Lesnoy Mole Rear Range Light Metal Lesnoy Mole Range Rear lighthouse.jpg 239 feet (73 m)[19]   Saint Petersburg  Russia 1986+ Tallest in Russia, tallest range light
5 Mulantou Lighthouse Concrete Mulan Tou Lighthouse 2004 1.jpg 237 feet (72 m)[20]   Hainan  China 1995 Tallest in China
6 Baishamen Lighthouse Concrete Baisha Men Lighthouse.jpg 236 feet (72 m)[20]   Hainan  China 2000+
7 Punta Penna Lighthouse Concrete Il Faro.jpg 233 feet (71 m)[21] 307[22] Vasto  Italy 1906
7 Osinovetsky Light Stone Osinovetskiy Lighthouse.jpg 233 feet (71 m)[23] 366[24] Lake Ladoga  Russia 1910?
7 Storozhenskiy Light Stone Storozhno lighthouse.JPG 233 feet (71 m)[23] 399[25] Lake Ladoga  Russia 1911
10 Cordouan lighthouse Stone Cordouan.jpg 223 feet (68 m)[26] 311[27] Gironde  France 1611
10 Vittoria Light Stone Faro della Vittoria.jpg 223 feet (68 m)[28] 285[29] Trieste  Italy 1927
12 Recalada a Bahía Blanca Light Cast iron skeletal Faro Recalada.jpg 220 feet (67 m)[30] 331[31] Monte Hermoso  Argentina 1906 Tallest in the Southern Hemisphere
13 Maasvlakte Light Concrete Vuurtoren Maasvlakte.JPG 216 feet (66 m)[1] 295[32] Maasvlakte  Netherlands 1974 Tallest in the Netherlands, inactive
13 Planier Light Stone Phare planier.jpg 216 feet (66 m)[33]   Marseille  France 1959
15 Campen Lighthouse Steel skeletal Lighthouse Campen.jpg 213 feet (65 m)[34] 320[35] Ems (river)  Germany 1891 Tallest in Germany
15 Phare d'Eckmühl Granite Eckmühl2.jpg 213 feet (65 m)[36] 307[37] Penmarc'h  France 1897
15 Świnoujście Lighthouse Brick Latarnia Morska w Świnoujściu-01.jpg 212 feet (65 m)[38] 300[39] Świnoujście  Poland 1857 Tallest brick lighthouse, tallest in Poland
18 Adziogol Lighthouse Steel Adziogol hyperboloid Lighthouse by Vladimir Shukhov 1911.jpg 211 feet (64 m)[40]   Kherson  Ukraine 1911 Tallest in Ukraine
18 Cape Hatteras Light Brick Cape hatteras lighthouse img 0529.jpg 210 feet (64 m)[41] 268[42] Hatteras Island, NC  United States 1870
20 Bari Light Stone Bari Light 2009.jpg 205 feet (62 m)[43] 380[44] Bari  Italy 1869
20 Chipiona Light Stone Chipiona faro 02.jpg 205 feet (62 m)[45] 344[46] Chipiona  Spain 1867 Tallest in Spain
20 Lighthouse of Praia da Barra Stone Farol da Barra-Aveiro.JPG 203 feet (62 m)[47] 291[48] Aveiro  Portugal 1893 Tallest in Portugal
20 Calcanhar Lighthouse Reinforced concrete Calcanhar Lighthouse.jpg 203 feet (62 m)[49] 277[50] Touros  Brazil 1912 Tallest in Brazil
20 El Rincón Light Concrete Faro El Rincón-2.jpg 203 feet (62 m)[51]   Near Verde Peninsula, Buenos Aires  Argentina 1925
25 Voslapp Range Rear Light Concrete Leuchtturm Geniusstrand.jpg 202 feet (62 m)[52]   Wilhelmshaven  Germany 1962
26 Roches-Douvres Light Stone Roches Douvres-2.jpg 197 feet (60 m)[53]   Côtes-d'Armor  France 1954
26 Borkum Großer Light Brick Neuer Leuchtturm Borkum.jpg 197 feet (60 m)[54] 315[55] Borkum  Germany 1879
26 Nosy Alañaña Light Concrete Phare de l'Ile aux Prunes.jpg 197 feet (60 m)[56]   Toamasina  Madagascar 1932 Tallest in Africa

See also[]

  • List of lighthouses and lightvessels

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