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|Halden |
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|320 m |
|320 m |
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|1959 |
|1959 |
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|{{NED}} |
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|Smilde |
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|303.5 m |
|303.5 m |
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|Steel upper structure (above 80 meter) destroyed in fire 15 July 2011 |
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|[[Cutler Naval Station]] |
|[[Cutler Naval Station]] |
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|1960 |
|1960 |
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|{{USA}} |
|{{USA}} |
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|Cutler, Maine |
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|? m |
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|[[Lyngdal transmitter]] |
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|1954 |
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|{{NOR}} |
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|[[Lyngdal]] |
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|? m |
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|[http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Lot/2941/towers/lyngdal1.jpg&date=2009-10-25+11:09:16] |
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|[[Geitfjellet transmitter]] |
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|1962 |
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|{{NOR}} |
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|[[Grong]] |
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|? m |
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|[http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Lot/2941/towers/grong1.jpg&date=2009-10-25+11:09:12] |
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|[[Greipstad transmitter]] |
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|1958 |
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|{{NOR}} |
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|[[Greipstad]] |
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|? m |
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|[http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Lot/2941/towers/greipstad.jpg&date=2009-10-25+11:09:07] |
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|[[Steinfjellet transmitter]] |
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|? |
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|{{NOR}} |
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|[[Bremanger]] |
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|? m |
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|[[Lakssvelafjellet transmitter]] |
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|? |
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|{{NOR}} |
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|[[Bjerkreim]] |
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|? m |
|? m |
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|1974 |
|1974 |
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|{{FRA}} |
|{{FRA}} |
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|Roc Trédudon |
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|220 m |
|220 m |
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|lattice tower as basement |
|lattice tower as basement |
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|[[Greipstad transmitter]] |
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|1958 |
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|{{NOR}} |
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|Greipstad |
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|218 m |
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|[http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Lot/2941/towers/greipstad.jpg&date=2009-10-25+11:09:07] |
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|[[Telecommunication Tower Aarhus]] |
|[[Telecommunication Tower Aarhus]] |
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|1956 |
|1956 |
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|{{DNK}} |
|{{DNK}} |
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|Arhus |
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|[[Aarhus]] |
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|216.1 m |
|216.1 m |
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|lattice tower as basement |
|lattice tower as basement |
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|[[Kekesteto TV Tower]] |
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|? |
|? |
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|{{HUN}} |
|{{HUN}} |
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|Kekesteto |
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|[[Kékestető]] |
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|178 m |
|178 m |
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|? |
|? |
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|{{RSA}} |
|{{RSA}} |
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|Pretoria |
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|? |
|? |
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|[http://radio.ffgsk.de/pretoria_gelukskroon.php] |
|[http://radio.ffgsk.de/pretoria_gelukskroon.php] |
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|1980 |
|1980 |
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|{{SWE}} |
|{{SWE}} |
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|Gothenburg |
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|172 m |
|172 m |
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|1971 |
|1971 |
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|{{AUT}} |
|{{AUT}} |
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|Dobratsch Mountain |
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|165 m |
|165 m |
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|[[Lyngdal transmitter]] |
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|1954 |
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|{{NOR}} |
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|Lyngdal |
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|156 m |
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|[http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Lot/2941/towers/lyngdal1.jpg&date=2009-10-25+11:09:16] |
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|Shchyolkovo Radio Mast |
|Shchyolkovo Radio Mast |
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|? |
|? |
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|{{RUS}} |
|{{RUS}} |
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|Shchyolkovo |
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|150 m |
|150 m |
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|Mast radiator on small lattice tower |
|Mast radiator on small lattice tower[http://foto.mail.ru/mail/leon77-77/rc5/],[http://www.radioscanner.ru/forum/index.php?action=vthread&forum=5&topic=27867] |
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|[[ |
|[[Steinfjellet transmitter]] |
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|? |
|? |
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|{{ |
|{{NOR}} |
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|Bremanger |
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|[[Waldenburg, Baden-Württemberg|Waldenburg]] |
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|148 m |
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|antenna mast will be dismantled in 2008 |
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|Mont Agel Broadcasting Mast |
|Mont Agel Broadcasting Mast |
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|1946 |
|1946 |
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|{{FRA}} |
|{{FRA}} |
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|Fontbonne |
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|145 m |
|145 m |
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|originally mast radiator with lattice tower as basement, today used for FM-/TV-broadcasting [http://mcstory.free.fr/img/ant/fontbonne_54.jpg] |
|originally mast radiator with lattice tower as basement, today used for FM-/TV-broadcasting [http://mcstory.free.fr/img/ant/fontbonne_54.jpg] |
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|[[Waldenburg TV Tower]] |
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|? |
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|{{GER}} |
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|Waldenburg |
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|145 m |
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|antenna mast will be dismantled in 2008 |
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|Mekhzavod Radio Mast |
|Mekhzavod Radio Mast |
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|? |
|? |
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|{{RUS}} |
|{{RUS}} |
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|Mekhzavod |
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|142 m |
|142 m |
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|Mast radiator on small lattice tower |
|Mast radiator on small lattice tower[http://foto.mail.ru/mail/leon77-77/rc5/] |
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|[[Sendeturm Jauerling]] |
|[[Sendeturm Jauerling]] |
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|1958 |
|1958 |
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|{{AUT}} |
|{{AUT}} |
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|Jauerling |
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|141 m |
|141 m |
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|lattice tower as basement |
|lattice tower as basement |
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|? |
|? |
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|{{GER}} |
|{{GER}} |
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|Hoherodskopf |
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|? |
|? |
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|lattice tower as basement, replaced by [[Hoherodskopf telecommunication tower]], [http://www.usarmygermany.com/Units/Signal/Taufstein%20prob%201960s%20or%201970s.jpg] |
|lattice tower as basement, replaced by [[Hoherodskopf telecommunication tower]], [http://www.usarmygermany.com/Units/Signal/Taufstein%20prob%201960s%20or%201970s.jpg] |
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|[[?]] |
|[[?]] |
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|{{ROU}} |
|{{ROU}} |
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|Piatra Neamţ |
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|? |
|? |
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|[http://www.predavatel.com/ro/7/pin.htm#pietricica] |
|[http://www.predavatel.com/ro/7/pin.htm#pietricica] |
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|[[Geitfjellet transmitter]] |
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|1962 |
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|{{NOR}} |
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|Grong |
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|131 m |
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|[http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Lot/2941/towers/grong1.jpg&date=2009-10-25+11:09:12] |
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|[[Lakssvelafjellet transmitter]] |
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|? |
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|{{NOR}} |
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|Bjerkreim |
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|130 m |
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|[[Wachberg transmitter]] |
|[[Wachberg transmitter]] |
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|? |
|? |
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|{{AUT}} |
|{{AUT}} |
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|Weitra |
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|130 m |
|130 m |
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|[[Dandenong Ranges#Transmission towers| |
|[[Dandenong Ranges#Transmission towers|Mount Corhanwarrabul, Channel 7 Tower]] |
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|1956 |
|1956 |
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|{{AUS}} |
|{{AUS}} |
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|1960 |
|1960 |
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|{{HUN}} |
|{{HUN}} |
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|Tokaj |
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|130 m |
|130 m |
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|? |
|? |
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|{{FIN}} |
|{{FIN}} |
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|Ylojärvi |
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|124 m |
|124 m |
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|? |
|? |
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|{{GER}} |
|{{GER}} |
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|Geiersberg |
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|124 m |
|124 m |
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|lattice tower as basement |
|lattice tower as basement |
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|[[Criuleni TV Tower]] |
|[[Criuleni TV Tower]] |
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|[[?]] |
|[[?]] |
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|[[Moldova]] |
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|{{MDA}} |
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|Criuleni |
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|123 m |
|123 m |
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|[http://www.frocus.net/images/antennas/Dubasari/mast_sheriff.jpg] |
|[http://www.frocus.net/images/antennas/Dubasari/mast_sheriff.jpg] |
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|[[Tighina TV Tower]] |
|[[Tighina TV Tower]] |
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|[[?]] |
|[[?]] |
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|[[Moldova]] |
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|{{MDA}} |
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|Tighina |
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|? m |
|? m |
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|[http://frocus.net/images/antennas/Bender/mast_4.jpg] |
|[http://frocus.net/images/antennas/Bender/mast_4.jpg] |
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|? |
|? |
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|{{GER}} |
|{{GER}} |
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|Lindenfels |
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|122 m |
|122 m |
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|lattice tower as basement |
|lattice tower as basement |
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|? |
|? |
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|{{GER}} |
|{{GER}} |
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|Boppard-Fleckertshöhe |
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|121 m |
|121 m |
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|lattice tower as basement |
|lattice tower as basement |
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|? |
|? |
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|{{POL}} |
|{{POL}} |
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|Makarki |
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|120 m |
|120 m |
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|lattice tower as basement |
|lattice tower as basement |
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|? |
|? |
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|{{GER}} |
|{{GER}} |
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|Hesselberg |
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|119 m |
|119 m |
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|lattice tower as basement |
|lattice tower as basement |
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|? |
|? |
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|{{HUN}} |
|{{HUN}} |
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|Hegyhátsál |
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|117 m |
|117 m |
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|[[Reichenhain Transmission Tower]] |
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|? |
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|{{GER}} |
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|Chemnitz |
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|99 m |
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|lattice tower as basement, was before June 2007 free-standing |
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|[[Mount Ślęża#Transmitter|Mount Ślęża transmitter]] |
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|1958 |
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|{{POL}} |
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|Mount Ślęża |
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|98 m |
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|dismantled, after taller [[additionally guyed tower]] was built in 1972 |
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|Still Pond Signal Tower |
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|? |
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|{{USA}} |
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|Still Pond, Maryland |
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|83.8 m |
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|[http://celebrating200years.noaa.gov/magazine/signals/wood_tower_450.jpg] |
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|Towers on roof of Heckeshorn Shelter |
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|1948 |
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|{{GER}} |
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|Berlin |
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|? m |
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|2 towers, were used from 1948 to 1967 for a radio relay link to Lower Saxony. Dismantled in 1967 |
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|[[Coburg-Eckardtsberg Radio Tower]] |
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|? |
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|{{GER}} |
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|Coburg |
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|68 m |
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|prefabricated concrete tower as basement |
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|Kvasovka Radio Tower |
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|? |
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|{{RUS}} |
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|Kvasovka |
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|? m |
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|Pinnacle guyed on ground and on 4 crossbars mounted on the lower part of the tower[http://st2400.narod.ru/mv_kvasovka_1_20050916.jpg] |
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|Alfândega da Fé Transmitter |
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|? |
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|{{POR}} |
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|Alfândega da Fé |
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|? |
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|[http://mundodaradio.lusopt.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=782] [http://www.postimage.org/aVX1MM9-82f8bd403f2c3adaa09d6d9626d4193d.jpg] |
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|Monte do Faro transmitter |
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|? |
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|{{POR}} |
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|Valença |
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|? |
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| [http://mundodaradio.lusopt.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=743], [http://www.postimage.org/aV2Dxs0J-82f8bd403f2c3adaa09d6d9626d4193d.jpg] |
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|Valença Rádio Comercial transmitter |
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|? |
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|{{POR}} |
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|Valença |
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|? |
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| [http://mundodaradio.lusopt.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=743], [http://www.postimage.org/aV2DPWSr-82f8bd403f2c3adaa09d6d9626d4193d.jpg] |
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|Shabla transmitter |
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|? |
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|{{BUL}} |
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|Shabla |
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|? m |
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|[http://predavatel.com/bg/6/sha.htm] |
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|Tuttlingen transmitter |
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|? |
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|{{GER}} |
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|Tuttlingen |
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|? |
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|[http://www.senderfotos-bw.de/standorte/d/bw/tuttlingen-witthohsteige] |
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|[[Sender Inselsberg|Old TV-Tower Inselberg]] |
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|1939 |
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|{{GER}} |
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|Inselsberg Mountain |
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|43.31 m |
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|aerial mast removed |
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|[[Windisch Bleiberg Transmission Tower]] |
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|? |
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|{{AUT}} |
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|Windisch Bleiberg |
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|? |
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|[[Campobasso Transmitter]] |
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|1959 |
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|{{ITA}} |
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|Campobasso |
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|? |
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|mast radiator on castle |
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|Chełmiec Radio Mast |
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|? |
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|{{POL}} |
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|Chełmiec |
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|? |
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|Guyed mast on castle ruin |
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|Wrights Hill Radio Tower |
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|? |
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|{{NZL}} |
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|Wellington |
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|? |
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|[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Radio_aerials.JPG/451px-Radio_aerials.JPG] |
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{{Dynamic list}} |
{{Dynamic list}} |
Revision as of 17:42, 5 February 2014
These are lists of towers that fall under the engineering definition of a tower which is a tall man-made structure, always taller than it is wide, meant for regular access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and are self-supporting or free-standing, which means no guy-wires for support. Towers are generally built to take advantage of their height and can stand alone or as part of a larger structure. The technical definition of a tower excludes continuously habitable buildings and skyscrapers as well as radio and TV masts. Bridge towers or pylons, chimneys, transmission towers, and most large statues allow human access for maintenance, but not as part of their normal operation, and are therefore not considered to be towers.
The Tokyo Skytree, completed in February 2012, reaches a height of 634.0 m, making it the tallest tower, and second tallest structure in the world.[1][2][3]
Entirely self-supported towers
Towers taller than 250 metres
Rank | Name | Pinnacle height (meters, feet) |
Year | Structure | Country | City | Remarks |
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1 | Tokyo Skytree | 634 m (2,080 ft)[3] | 2012 | Steel | ![]() |
Tokyo | Topped out on 18 March 2011, construction completed on 29 February 2012 |
2 | Canton Tower | 600 m (2,000 ft) | 2010 | - | ![]() |
Guangzhou | Tallest tower in the world 2009-2011 |
3 | CN Tower | 553.3 m (1,815 ft) | 1976 | Concrete | ![]() |
Toronto | Tallest freestanding structure in the world 1975-2007, tallest structure in the western hemisphere |
4 | Ostankino Tower | 540.1 m (1,772 ft) | 1967 | Concrete | ![]() |
Moscow | Tallest freestanding structure in the world, 1967-1975, tallest structure in Europe; 2000 fire led to renovation |
5 | Oriental Pearl Tower | 468 m (1,535 ft) | 1994 | Concrete | ![]() |
Shanghai | Tallest structure in China 1994-2007 |
6 | Milad Tower | 435 m (1,427 ft) | 2007 | Concrete | ![]() |
Tehran | Tallest structure in Iran since 2007 |
7 | KL Tower | 421 m (1,381 ft) | 1994 | Concrete | ![]() |
Kuala Lumpur | Tallest in South East Asia |
8 | Tianjin Radio and Television Tower | 415.2 m (1,362 ft) | 1991 | Concrete | ![]() |
Tianjin | |
9 | Central Radio and TV Tower | 405 m (1,329 ft) | 1992 | Concrete | ![]() |
Beijing | |
10 | Zhongyuan Tower | 388 m (1,273 ft) | 2011 | Steel | ![]() |
Zhengzhou | |
11 | Kiev TV Tower | 385 m (1,263 ft) | 1973 | Lattice | ![]() |
Kiev | Tallest freestanding lattice tower in the world |
12 | Tashkent Tower | 374.9 m (1,230 ft) | 1985 | Steel | ![]() |
Tashkent | Tallest structure in Central Asia |
13 | Liberation Tower | 372 m (1,220 ft) | 1996 | Concrete | ![]() |
Kuwait City | Clad in ceramics |
14 | Almaty Tower | 371.5 m (1,219 ft) | 1983 | Steel | ![]() |
Almaty | |
15 | Riga Radio and TV Tower | 368.5 m (1,209 ft) | 1986 | Steel | ![]() |
Riga | Tallest structure in the Baltic countries and in the European Union. |
16 | Berliner Fernsehturm | 368 m (1,207 ft) | 1969 | Concrete | ![]() |
Berlin | Tallest structure in Germany |
17 | Stratosphere Tower | 350.2 m (1,149 ft) | 1996 | Concrete | ![]() |
Las Vegas | Tallest observation tower in the United States |
18 | West Pearl Tower | 339 m (1,112 ft) | 2004 | Concrete | ![]() |
Chengdu | Tallest structure in Western China |
19 | Macau Tower | 338 m (1,109 ft) | 2001 | Concrete | ![]() |
Macau | |
20 | Europaturm | 337.5 m (1,107 ft) | 1979 | Concrete | ![]() |
Frankfurt | |
21 | Dragon Tower | 336 m (1,102 ft) | 2000 | Lattice | ![]() |
Harbin | Second tallest freestanding lattice tower in the world, 1st in Asia |
22 | Tokyo Tower | 332.6 m (1,091 ft) | 1958 | Lattice | ![]() |
Tokyo | Second tallest structure in Japan |
23 | Emley Moor TV Tower | 330.4 m (1,084 ft) | 1970 | Concrete | ![]() |
Huddersfield | Tallest freestanding structure in the United Kingdom |
24 | WITI TV Tower | 329 m (1,079 ft) | 1962 | Lattice | ![]() |
Shorewood | |
25 | Sky Tower | 328 m (1,076 ft) | 1997 | Concrete | ![]() |
Auckland | Tallest freestanding structure in the Southern Hemisphere |
26 | Vilnius TV Tower | 327 m (1,073 ft) | 1980 | Concrete | ![]() |
Vilnius | |
27 | Eiffel Tower | 324 m (1,063 ft) | 1889 | Lattice | ![]() |
Paris | First structure to surpass 300 metres in height, tallest structure in the world 1889-1930, oldest structure in this list |
28 | WHDH-TV Tower | 323.8 m (1,062 ft) | 1994 | Lattice | ![]() |
Newton | |
29 | Rameswaram TV Tower | 323 m (1,060 ft) | 1995 | Concrete | ![]() |
Rameswaram | |
30 | Jiangsu Nanjing TV Tower | 318.5 m (1,045 ft) | 1996 | Concrete | ![]() |
Nanjing | |
31 | KCTV-Tower | 317.6 m (1,042 ft) | 1956 | Lattice | ![]() |
Kansas City | |
32 | Atlanta Turner Broadcasting Tower | 314.3 m (1,031 ft) | 1980 | Lattice | ![]() |
Atlanta | |
33 | Tallinn TV Tower | 314 m (1,030 ft) | 1980 | Concrete | ![]() |
Tallinn | |
34 | TV Tower Yerevan | 311.7 m (1,023 ft) | 1977 | Lattice | ![]() |
Yerevan | The tallest towers of the Caucasus. |
35 | St. Petersburg TV Tower | 310 m (1,020 ft) | 1962 | Lattice | ![]() |
St. Petersburg | |
36 | Azeri TV Tower | 310 m (1,020 ft) | 1996 | Concrete | ![]() |
Baku | |
37 | Sydney Tower | 309 m (1,014 ft) | 1981 | Concrete | ![]() |
Sydney | |
38 | Liaoning Broadcast and TV Tower | 305.5 m (1,002 ft) | 1989 | Concrete | ![]() |
Shenyang | |
39 | Fazilka TV Tower | 304.8 m (1,000 ft) | 2007 | Lattice | ![]() |
Fazilka | |
40 | Mumbai Television Tower | 300 m (984 ft) | Lattice | ![]() |
Mumbai | ||
40 | Jaisalmer TV Tower | 300 m (984 ft) | 1993 | Concrete | ![]() |
Jaisalmer | |
40 | Samatra TV Tower | 300 m (984 ft)* | 1999 | Concrete | ![]() |
Bhuj | |
40 | Amritsar TV Tower | 300 m (984 ft)* | 2003 | Concrete | ![]() |
Amritsar | |
40 | BRTN Toren | 300 m (984 ft)* | 1996 | Concrete | ![]() |
Sint-Pieters-Leeuw | |
45 | Sutro Tower | 295 m (968 ft) | 1973 | Steel | ![]() |
San Francisco | |
46 | Zhuzhou Television Tower | 293 m (961 ft) | 1999 | Concrete | ![]() |
Zhuzhou | |
47 | Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg | 292 m (958 ft) | 1977 | Concrete | ![]() |
Nuremberg | |
48 | Star Tower | 291 m (955 ft) | 1991 | Lattice | ![]() |
Cincinnati | |
49 | Olympiaturm | 289.5 m (950 ft) | 1968 | Concrete | ![]() |
Munich | |
50 | Torre de Collserola | 288 m (945 ft) | 1992 | Steel | ![]() |
Barcelona | |
51 | Dudelange Radio Tower | 285 m (935 ft) | 1957 | Lattice | ![]() |
Dudelange | |
52 | Telemax | 282.2 m (926 ft) | 1992 | Concrete | ![]() |
Hannover | |
53 | Shijiazhuang TV-tower | 280 m (920 ft) | 1998 | Lattice | ![]() |
Shijiazhuang | |
54 | Heinrich-Hertz-Turm | 279.7 m (918 ft) | 1968 | Concrete | ![]() |
Hamburg | |
55 | Central Plains Pearl TV Tower | 278 m (912 ft) | 1998 | Steel | ![]() |
Luoyang | |
56 | DZEC-TV (Net 25 Tower) | 276 m (906 ft) | 1990 | Lattice | ![]() |
Quezon City | |
57 | Georgia Tbilisi TV Broadcasting Tower | 274.5 m (901 ft) | 1955 | Steel | ![]() |
Tbilisi | |
58 | Hillbrow Tower | 269 m (883 ft) | 1971 | Concrete | ![]() |
Johannesburg | |
59 | Kaifeng TV Tower | 268 m (879 ft) | 1995 | Concrete | ![]() |
Kaifeng | |
60 | Colonius | 266 m (873 ft) | 1981 | Concrete | ![]() |
Cologne | |
61 | Novorossiysk TV Tower | 261 m (856 ft) | 1996 | Concrete | ![]() |
Novorossiysk | |
62 | Daqing Radio and Television Tower | 260 m (850 ft) | 1989 | Concrete | ![]() |
Daqing | |
63 | Moscow Octod Tower | 258 m (846 ft) | 2006 | Lattice | ![]() |
Moscow | |
64 | WTVR-TV-Tower | 257 m (843 ft) | 1953 | Lattice | ![]() |
Richmond | |
65 | Fernmeldeturm Kühkopf | 255 m (837 ft) | 1976 | Concrete | ![]() |
Koblenz | |
66 | Grodno TV Tower | 254 m (833 ft) | 1984 | Lattice | ![]() |
Grodno | |
67 | Donauturm | 252 m (827 ft) | 1964 | Concrete | ![]() |
Vienna | |
68 | Fernsehturm Dresden-Wachwitz | 252 m (827 ft) | 1969 | Concrete | ![]() |
Dresden | |
69 | Swisscom-Sendeturm St. Chrischona | 250 m (820 ft) | 1984 | Concrete | ![]() |
St. Chrischona | |
70 | Jeddah TV Tower | 250 m (820 ft) | 2007 | Concrete | ![]() |
Jeddah |
Towers between 200 and 250 metres tall
Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle height | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shaanxi Provincial TV Tower | 1987 | ![]() |
Xi'an | 245 m | |
Seto Digital Tower | 2003 | ![]() |
Seto, Aichi | 244.7 m | |
Astara TV Tower | 1981 | ![]() |
Astara | 244 m | maybe +10 m |
Vitebsk TV Tower | 1983 | ![]() |
Vitebsk | 244 m | maybe +10 m |
NSS Annapolis | 1936 | ![]() |
Annapolis | 243.8 m | destroyed |
Central tower (Königs Wusterhausen) | 1925 | ![]() |
Königs Wusterhausen | 243 m | collapsed on November 15, 1972 |
Kharkiv TV Tower | 1981 | ![]() |
Kharkiv | 242.5 m | |
Yakutsk TV Tower | 1982 | ![]() |
Yakutsk | 241 m | |
Birobidzhan TV Tower | 1972 | ![]() |
Birobidzhan | 241 m | |
Rheinturm Düsseldorf | 1981 | ![]() |
Düsseldorf | 240.5 m | was 234.2 m before another antenna was mounted in 2004 |
N Seoul Tower | 1975 | ![]() |
Seoul | 239.7 m | tower tops out at 479.7 m (1,574 ft) above sea level (it sits atop Namsan mountain). |
Menara TVRI | 1994 | ![]() |
Jakarta | 239 m | |
Foshan TV Tower | 1995 | ![]() |
Foshan | 238 m | |
Sentech Tower | 1962 | ![]() |
Johannesburg | 237 m | |
Tower of Power | 1988 | ![]() |
Quezon City | 236.8 m | This transmitter can be used to transmit channel 27 on digital TV for its test broadcast. |
Endem TV Tower | 2002 | ![]() |
Istanbul | 236 m | |
Bremen-Walle Telecommunication Tower | 1986 | ![]() |
Bremen-Walle | 235.7 m | |
Pitampura TV Tower | 1988 | ![]() |
Delhi | 235 m | |
Hughes Memorial Tower | 1989 | ![]() |
Washington, DC | 232 m | |
Transmitter Wavre | ? | ![]() |
Wavre | 232 m | |
Qingdao TV Tower | 1994 | ![]() |
Qingdao | 232 m | |
WOR TV Tower | 1949 | ![]() |
North Bergen, New Jersey | 231.65 m | dismantled |
Torrespaña | 1982 | ![]() |
Madrid | 231 m | |
Fernmeldeturm Kiel | 1972 | ![]() |
Kiel | 230 m | |
Friedrich-Clemens-Gerke Tower | 1991 | ![]() |
Cuxhaven | 230 m | |
Ryan Tower | 1968 | ![]() |
Chelsea, Quebec | 228.9 m | |
Tower of the Americas | 1968 | ![]() |
San Antonio, Texas | 228.6 m | |
Torre Espacial | 1980 | ![]() |
Buenos Aires | 228 m | |
WLW Tower | 1932 | ![]() |
Mason, OH | 227.7 m | Originally 253 meters |
Katanga TV Tower | 1992 | ![]() |
Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh | 225 m | |
Brasilia TV Tower | 1965 | ![]() |
Brasilia | 224 m | |
Buková hora TV Tower | 1975 | ![]() |
Bukova hora, Verneřice | 223 m | |
Fernmeldeturm Münster 42 | 1986 | ![]() |
Münster | 222.5 m | |
Crystal Palace Transmitter | 1950 | ![]() |
London, Surrey | 222 m | |
Tower A of the defense ministry | 1974 | ![]() |
Tokyo, Shinjuku | 220 m | |
Yekaterinburg TV Tower | 1989 | ![]() |
Yekaterinburg | 220 m | incomplete, projects 360~420 m |
Florianturm | 1959 | ![]() |
Dortmund | 219.6 m | |
ABS-CBN Tower | 1969 | ![]() |
Quezon City | 219.5 m | formerly 198.1 meters, until it was rehabilitated in 2009, in preparation for its digital TV broadcast in the Philippines. |
Jilin Radio and TV Tower | 1996 | ![]() |
Jilin | 218 m | |
Guangzhou TV Tower | 1991 | ![]() |
Guangzhou | 217 m | |
Fernsehturm Stuttgart | 1956 | ![]() |
Stuttgart-Degerloch | 216.8 m | World's first concrete TV tower |
Blosenbergturm | 1937 | ![]() |
Beromünster | 216 m | Insulated against ground |
Prague - Žižkov Television Tower | 1992 | ![]() |
Prague | 216 m | |
Longwave transmitter Junglinster | 1952 | ![]() |
Junglinster | 215 m | 3 towers, insulated against ground, were 250 m before 1980 |
Kyshtym TV Tower | ? | ![]() |
Kyshtym | 213 m | |
Yuryuzan TV Tower | ? | ![]() |
Yuryuzan | 213 m | |
Fernmeldeturm Mannheim | 1975 | ![]() |
Mannheim | 212.8 m | |
Torre TV Bandeirantes | 1997 | ![]() |
São Paulo | 212 m | |
Fernmeldeturm Berlin | 1964 | ![]() |
Berlin | 212 m | |
Cherepovets TV Tower | 1969? | ![]() |
Cherepovets | 212 m | |
Zlatoust TV Tower | 1983 | ![]() |
Zlatoust | 211 m | |
Turkmenistan Broadcasting Centre | 2011 | ![]() |
Ashgabat | 211 m | |
TV Tower Bol d'Air-Ougrée | ? | ![]() |
Bol d'Air-Ougrée | 210 m | |
Minaret of Hassan II Mosque | 1993 | ![]() |
Casablanca | 210 m | |
Arkhangelsk TV Tower | 2003 | ![]() |
Arkhangelsk | 208 m | |
Cimişlia TV Tower | ? | ![]() |
Cimişlia | 208 m | |
Transmitter Hornisgrinde | 1972 | ![]() |
Hornisgrinde | 206 m | |
Novosemeykino transmitter | 1942 | ![]() |
Novosemeykino, Samara | 205 m | 4 towers, insulated against ground |
Baghdad Tower | 1994 | ![]() |
Baghdad | 205 m | Now renamed |
Donnersberg TV Tower | 1962 | ![]() |
Donnersberg | 204.82 m | |
Vyborg TV Tower | 1966 | ![]() |
Vyborg | 204.6 m | |
Avala TV Tower | 1965 | ![]() |
Avala, near Belgrade | 204.5 m | destroyed in NATO bombing of Belgrade on April 29, 1999; reconstruction completed October 2009; tallest tower in Balkans |
Edineţ TV Tower | ? | ![]() |
Edineţ | 204 m | |
Rousse TV Tower | 1987 | ![]() |
Rousse | 204 m | |
Daugavpils Radio and TV Tower | ? | ![]() |
Daugavpils | 204 m | |
Valmiera Radio and TV Tower | 1954 | ![]() |
Valmiera | 204 m | |
Cesvaine Radio and TV Tower | ? | ![]() |
Cesvaine | 204 m | |
Rēzekne Radio and TV Tower | ? | ![]() |
Rēzekne | 204 m | |
TV tower Helpterberge | 1981 | ![]() |
Helpterberge | 203.2 m | |
Dundaga Radio and TV Tower | ? | ![]() |
Dundaga | 203 m | |
Woobang Tower | 1992 | ![]() |
Daegu | 202 m | |
TRK Orion Tower | 2001 | ![]() |
Samara | 201 m | |
Kamzik TV Tower | 1975 | ![]() |
Bratislava | 200 m | |
Guangdong TV Tower[citation needed] | 1965 | ![]() |
Guangzhou | 200 m | |
VRT Zendmast Genk | ? | ![]() |
Genk | 200 m | |
Gomel TV Tower | 1957 | ![]() |
Gomel | 200 m | |
Kherson TV Tower | ? | ![]() |
Kherson | 200 m |
Towers between 100 and 200 metres tall
Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle height | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Xuzhou TV Tower | 1990 | ![]() |
Xuzhou | 199 m | |
KPN-Zendmast Waalhaven | 1962 | ![]() |
Rotterdam-Waalhaven | 199 m | |
Zendmast Roermond | 1957 | ![]() |
Roermond | 197.7 m | |
KPN Tower Hilversum | 1973 | ![]() |
Hilversum | 196 m | |
Bantiger TV Tower | 1996 | ![]() |
Bolligen | 196 m | |
Sky Tower Nishitōkyō | 1988 | ![]() |
Nishitōkyō, Tokyo | 195 m | |
Transmission Tower Blessberg | ? | ![]() |
Blessberg | 195 m | |
Telstra Tower | 1980 | ![]() |
Canberra | 195 m | |
Transmission Tower Mulhouse-Belvédère | 1997 | ![]() |
Mulhouse-Belvédère | 194 m | |
Cukrák transmitter | 1961 | ![]() |
Jíloviště | 193.5 m | |
Fernmeldeturm Frauenkopf | 1972 | ![]() |
Stuttgart-Frauenkopf | 192.4 m | |
Gateway Arch | 1965 | ![]() |
St. Louis | 192 m | |
Dalian Radio and TV Tower | ? | ![]() |
Dalian | 190.5 m | |
LORAN-C transmitter Carolina Beach | ? | ![]() |
Carolina Beach | 190.5 m | Insulated against ground, collapsed in 1963 |
380kV Thames Crossing | 1965 | ![]() |
West Thurrock | 190 m | |
Transmission Tower Mühlacker | 1934 | ![]() |
Mühlacker | 190 m | Tallest timber-constructed transmission tower in the world, destroyed on 6 April 1945 |
Transmitter Sottens, old transmission tower | 1948 | ![]() |
Sottens | 190 m | demolished in 1989, insulated against ground |
Calgary Tower | 1967 | ![]() |
Calgary | 190 m | |
Cambridge Bay LORAN Tower | 1948 | ![]() |
Cambridge Bay | 189 m | |
BT Tower | 1964 | ![]() |
London | 188 m | |
Cairo Tower | 1961 | ![]() |
Cairo | 188 m | |
Telecom Italia Tower Rozzano | 1990 | ![]() |
Rozzano - Milan | 187 m | Tallest tower in Italy until 2014 when Il Dritto (Citylife project) will be the tallest building in Italy by roof height |
Kuwait Towers | 1979 | ![]() |
Kuwait City | 187 m | |
Uetliberg TV Tower | 1990 | ![]() |
Zurich-Uetliberg | 186.7 m | |
Euromast | 1962 | ![]() |
Rotterdam | 186 m | |
Santa Palomba transmitter, Main tower | 1929 | ![]() |
Santa Palomba | 186 m | Free-standing lattice tower equipped with cage antenna for mediumwave broadcasting |
Kuwait Towers | 1976 | ![]() |
Kuwait City | 185 + 145.8 m Three tower | |
Ovce Pole medium wave transmitter | 1970 | ![]() |
Sveti Nikole | 186 m | |
TV tower Decquede | 1959 | ![]() |
Decquede | 184.5 m | |
Space Needle | 1962 | ![]() |
Seattle | 184 m | |
Criggion VLF transmitter | 1941 | ![]() |
Criggion, Powys | 182.9 m | 3 towers, demolished |
Launch Pad 39B | 2009 | ![]() |
John F. Kennedy Space Center, FL | 182.88 m | 3 lightning masts for Ares I rocket |
Brasilia Digital TV Tower | 2012 | ![]() |
Brasília, DF | 182 m | |
Nagoya TV Tower | 1954 | ![]() |
Nagoya | 180 m | |
PL Peace Tower | 1970 | ![]() |
Tondabayashi | 180 m | |
Kuldīga Radio and TV Transmitter | ? | ![]() |
Kuldīga | 180 m | |
Gori TV Broadcasting Tower | 1972 | ![]() |
Gori | 180 m | |
Hošťálkovice transmitter | 1979 | ![]() |
Ostrava | 180 m | |
Telecommunication Tower Bungsberg | 1977 | ![]() |
Bungsberg | 179 m | |
Löffelstelz Transmitter | 2000 | ![]() |
Bad Mergentheim | 179 m | |
Kékestető TV Tower | ? | ![]() |
Kékestető | 178 m | Partially guyed |
Pécs TV Tower | 1973 | ![]() |
Pécs | 176 m | |
Balashikha Radio Tower | ? | ![]() |
Balashikha | 176 m | |
Olympic Stadium tower |
1987 | ![]() |
Montreal | 175.3 m | The highest inclined tower in the world, with its 175-metre elevation and 45-degree angle. |
Odinstårnet | 1935 | ![]() |
Odense | 175 m | destroyed on 14 December 1944 |
Zendstation Markelo | ? | ![]() |
Markelo | 174.4 m | |
Kokavil Transmission Tower | 1982 | ![]() |
Kokavil | 174 m | Destroyed by the LTTE and restored again in 2011 |
CBC Jarvis Street Tower | 1952 | ![]() |
Toronto | 174 m | demolished in 2002 |
San Jacinto Monument | 1939 | ![]() |
La Porte, Texas | 172.92 m / 567.31 ft | World's tallest monumental column |
New Brighton Tower | 1900 | ![]() |
New Brighton | 172.8 m | destroyed |
Reisenbach Telecommunication Tower | 1972 | ![]() |
Mudau | 173 m | |
RKS Dobrochov | ? | ![]() |
Dobrochov | 171 m | |
Reunion Tower | 1978 | ![]() |
Dallas | 170.7 m | |
Iriški Venac TV Tower | 1975 | ![]() |
near Novi Sad | 170 m | |
Juche Tower | 1982 | ![]() |
Pyongyang | 170 m | |
Riyadh TV Tower | 1981 | ![]() |
Riyad | 170 m | |
Spinnaker Tower | 2005 | ![]() |
Portsmouth | 170 m | |
Washington Monument | 1884 | ![]() |
Washington, DC | 169.3 m / 555 ft 5 in | Observation level at 152 m |
Zagreb TV Tower | 1973 | ![]() |
Zagreb | 169 m | |
Fernmeldeturm Bödefeld | ? | ![]() |
Schmallenberg-Bödefeld | 168.7 m | |
Näsinneula Observation Tower | 1971 | ![]() |
Tampere | 168 m | Located at Särkänniemi amusement park |
Alūksne Radio and TV Transmitter | ? | ![]() |
Alūksne | 168 m | |
Transmitter Eifel-Bärbelkreuz | 1985 | ![]() |
Hellenthal-Bärbelkreuz | 167 m | |
Çamlıca TV Tower | 1972 | ![]() |
Istanbul | 166 m | |
Menara Alor Star | 1998 | ![]() |
Alor Star | 165.5 m | |
Transmitter Berlin-Tegel | 1933 | ![]() |
Berlin | 165 m | Timber construction, demolished on 16 December 1948 |
Hünenburg Telecommunication Tower | ? | ![]() |
Bielefeld-Hühnenburg | 165 m | also known as Fernmeldeturm Teutoburger Wald |
Heubach Telecommunication Tower | ? | ![]() |
Heubach | 164.8 m | |
Las Vegas Eiffel Tower | 1999 | ![]() |
Las Vegas | 164.6 m | Replica of Eiffel Tower |
Sendeturm Ismaning | 1932 | ![]() |
Ismaning | 163 m | Timber construction, demolished on 16 March 1983 |
Ochsenkopf TV Tower | 1958 | ![]() |
Ochsenkopf mountain | 163 m | |
TV Tower Namur-Profondville | ? | ![]() |
Namur-Profondville | 163 m | |
Fernmeldeturm Bremerhaven-Schiffdorf | ? | ![]() |
Bremerhaven-Schiffdorf | 163 m | |
Fernmeldeturm Ulm-Ermingen | 1964 | ![]() |
Ulm-Ermingen | 162 m | |
Praděd TV Tower | 1983 | ![]() |
Praděd Mountain | 162 m | |
Ulm Münster | 1377 – 1890 | ![]() |
Ulm | 161,5 m | Tallest church tower in the world |
Fernmeldeturm Langenrehm | ? | ![]() |
Rosengarten-Langenrehm | 161 m | |
Nozema TV Tower Lelystad | 1975 | ![]() |
Lelystad | 161 m | |
Indus Radio FM 100.20 | 2009 | ![]() |
Tando Muhammad Khan | 160 m | FM Tower |
Fernmeldeturm Leer-Nüttermoor | ? | ![]() |
Leer-Nüttermoor | 160 m | |
Osaka Tower | 1966 | ![]() |
Osaka | 160 m | |
Shukhov Tower | 1922 | ![]() |
Moscow | 160 m | Hyperboloid structure. Currently under threat of demolition. |
Skylon Tower | 1965 | ![]() |
Niagara Falls | 160 m | |
Pylons of Cádiz | 1960 | ![]() |
Cádiz | 158 m | Hyperboloid structure. Two towers |
Blackpool Tower | 1894 | ![]() |
Blackpool | 158 m | |
Gold Tower | 1988 | ![]() |
Utazu, Kagawa | 158 m | |
Telecommunication Tower Plettenberg | ? | ![]() |
Plettenberg | 158 m | |
Fernmeldeturm Essen | ? | ![]() |
Essen | 157.5 m | |
Cologne Cathedral | 1248-1880 | ![]() |
Cologne | 157.4 m | Two towers |
TV Tower Tournai-Froidmont | ? | ![]() |
Tournai-Froidmont | 157 m | |
Święty Krzyż TV Tower | 1966 | ![]() |
Lysa Góra | 157 m | |
Snejanka tower | 1978 | ![]() |
Pamporovo - Mount Snejanka | 156 m | also known as Pamporovo TV Tower |
Zendstation Roosendaal | 1986 | ![]() |
Roosendaal | 156 m | |
Viesīte Radio and TV Transmitter | ? | ![]() |
Viesīte | 156 m | |
Mesquite Tower | 1990 | ![]() |
Mesquite, Texas | 155.3 m | |
Kaknästornet TV Tower | 1964 | ![]() |
Stockholm | 155 m | |
Funkturm Arsenal | ? | ![]() |
Vienna | 155 m | |
Nozema TV Tower Goes | 1957 | ![]() |
Goes | 153.5 m | also known as Nozema TV Tower |
Kaikyo Yume Tower | 1996 | ![]() |
Shimonoseki | 153 m | |
Telecommunication Tower Willebadessen | 1993 | ![]() |
Willebadessen | 152.5 m | also known as Fernsehsender Eggegebirge |
Croydon Transmitter | 1962 | ![]() |
London, Surrey | 152 m | |
BT Tower | 1967 | ![]() |
Birmingham | 152 m | |
RKS Mělník-Chloumek | ? | ![]() |
Mělník | 152 m | |
Rouen Cathedral | 1145-1876 | ![]() |
Rouen | 151 m | |
Funkturm Berlin | 1926 | ![]() |
Berlin | 150 m | Only observation tower standing on insulators |
Fernsehsender Ebbegebirge | 1983 | ![]() |
Herscheid | 150 m | Also known as Fernmeldeturm Waldberg |
Longwave transmitter Lahti | 1927 | ![]() |
Lahti | 150 m | |
RKS Liblice 1 | 1929-1931 | ![]() |
Liblice | 150 m | demolished in 2004 |
Sendeturm Wiederau | 1935 | ![]() |
Wiederau | 150 m | Timber construction, dismantled on 27 October 1953 |
Mannesmann Tower Vienna | 1954 | ![]() |
Vienna | 150 m | |
TV Tower Leglise-Anlier | ? | ![]() |
Leglise-Anlier | 150 m | |
Galaţi TV Tower | 1978 | ![]() |
Galaţi | 150 m | |
Friedrichsberg Television Tower | 2008 | ![]() |
Waldenburg | 150 m | |
Halle Radio Tower | 2005 | ![]() |
Halle | 150 m | |
Zendstation Maastricht | ? | ![]() |
Maastricht | 149.5 m | |
KPN Tower Haarlem | 1968 | ![]() |
Haarlem | 149 m | |
KEMA Toren | 1969 | ![]() |
Arnhem | 149 m | also known as Tennet Tower or Tennet Toren |
132kV Thames Crossing | 1932 | ![]() |
West Thurrock | 148.4 m | demolished in 1987 |
Nordschwarzwaldturm | 1974 | ![]() |
Schömberg-Langenbrand | 148 m | |
St. Nikolai, Hamburg | 1846-1877 | ![]() |
Hamburg | 147.3 m | church ruin |
Sapporo TV Tower | 1957 | ![]() |
Sapporo | 147.2 m | |
Pasilan linkkitorni | 1983 | ![]() |
Helsinki | 146 m | |
Dobrich TV Tower | 1979 | ![]() |
Dobrich | 146 m | |
Fallturm Bremen | 1990 | ![]() |
Bremen | 146 m | |
Kennedy Boulevar (Hotel Marriott) | 1999 | ![]() |
Santiago | 145 m | |
Sendeturm Langenberg | 1934 | ![]() |
Velbert-Langenberg | 145 m | Timber construction, destroyed on 10 October 1935 |
Sendeturm Hamburg-Billstedt | 1934 | ![]() |
Hamburg | 145 m | Timber construction, dismantled in September 1949 |
Funkübertragungsstelle Bergen 1 | ? | ![]() |
Soltau-Bergen | 145 m | |
Vasco da Gama Tower | 1998 | ![]() |
Lisboa | 145 m | |
Strasbourg Cathedral | 1176–1439 | ![]() |
Strasbourg | 144 m | |
Nozema Tower Wormer | 1968 | ![]() |
Wormer | 144 m | |
Zigong TV Tower | 1988 | ![]() |
Zigong | 143.6 m | |
Selion | 1994 | ![]() |
Akita | 143 m | |
Zendstation Ugchelen | 1959 | ![]() |
Ugchelen | 142 m | |
TV Tower Aalen | ? | ![]() |
Aalen | 142 m | |
Jakobsberg Telecommunication Tower | 1978 | ![]() |
Porta Westfalica-Jakobsberg | 142 m | |
VW-Tower | 1958 | ![]() |
Hannover | 141 m | |
Hoherodskopf telecommunication tower | ? | ![]() |
Schotten-Hoherodskopf | 141 m | |
Transmitter Żórawina | 1932 | ![]() |
Żórawina, Poland | 140 m | Timber construction, dismantled in 1990 |
Monte Mario Tower | ? | ![]() |
Rome | 140 m | |
Nozema Zendstation Mierlo | 1957 | ![]() |
Mierlo | 139.5 m | |
Frémont Point Transmitter | ? | ![]() |
Fremont Point, Jersey | 139 m | |
Bredstedt Telecommunication Transmitter | ? | ![]() |
Bredstedt | 139 m | |
Twin Arch 138 | 1995 | ![]() |
Ishinomiya | 138 m | |
Fernmeldeturm Ansbach | ? | ![]() |
Ansbach | 137.5 m | |
Fernmeldeturm Hamburg-Bergedorf | ? | ![]() |
Hamburg-Bergedorf | 137.5 m | |
Hohenstadt Transmission Tower | ? | ![]() |
Hohenstadt | 137 m | |
Monas | 1975 | ![]() |
Jakarta | 137 m | |
Fernsehturm Schwerin-Zippendorf | 1964 | ![]() |
Schwerin-Zippendorf | 136.5 m | |
St. Chrischona, old tower | 1962 | ![]() |
St. Chrischona | 136 m | |
Montjuic Communications Tower | 1992 | ![]() |
Barcelona | 136 m | |
Telecommunication Tower Leichlingen | ? | ![]() |
Leichlingen | 136 m | |
Mount Ślęża transmitter | 1972 | ![]() |
Mount Ślęża | 136 m | Additionally guyed |
Transmission Tower Hardberg | 1951 | ![]() |
Hardberg | 135 m | |
Bremen-Farge Weser Powerline Crossing | ? | ![]() |
Bremen | 135 m | |
Trollhättan TV Tower | ? | ![]() |
Trollhättan | 135 m | |
Soelvesborg transmitter | 1985 | ![]() |
Sölvesborg | 135 m | 2 grounded towers carrying a cage antenna for mediumwave broadcasting |
Transmission Tower Emley Moor | 1956 | ![]() |
Emley Moor, Yorkshire | 135 m | |
Fernmeldeturm Wahnbek | 1974 | ![]() |
Wahnbek | 134 m | |
Higashiyama Sky Tower | 1989 | ![]() |
Nagoya | 134 m | |
Telecommunication Tower Lohmar-Birk | ? | ![]() |
Lohmar | 134 m | |
Radio City Tower | 1969 | ![]() |
Liverpool | 134 m | |
Mulleklenkes | 1984 | ![]() |
Aachen | 133 m | Radio-DVB-T Transmission Tower de:Mulleklenkes |
Nozema Zendstation The Hague | 1965 | ![]() |
The Hague | 133 m | |
BKK Control Tower | 2006 | ![]() |
Bangkok | 132.2m | Tallest Air-traffic control tower in the world |
Telefónica Chile Tower | 1996 | ![]() |
Santiago | 132 m | |
Aufi Tower | 1963 | ![]() |
Geislingen-Aufhausen | 132 m | |
TV-toren Ittervoort | ? | ![]() |
Ittervoort | 132 m | |
Telecommunication Tower Leipzig | ? | ![]() |
Leipzig | 132 m | |
Kyoto Tower | 1964 | ![]() |
Kyoto | 131 m | |
Portofino TV Tower | ? | ![]() |
Portofino | 130 m | Additionally guyed |
1000 Islands SkyDeck | ? | ![]() |
Hill Island, Ontario | 130 m | |
TV Tower Nordhelle | 1984 | ![]() |
Nordhelle | 130 m | |
Telecommunication tower Großerlach | 1985 | ![]() |
Großerlach | 130 m | |
Zendstation Loon op Zand | 1986 | ![]() |
Loon op Zand | 130 m | |
Shiraz Tower | 2011 | ![]() |
Shiraz | 130 m | |
Lezarsk TV Tower | ? | ![]() |
Lezarsk | 130 m | Additionally guyed |
KUL Control Tower | 1998 | ![]() |
Kuala-Lumpur | 130 m | second tallest air-traffic control tower in the world |
Armstrong Tower | 1938 | ![]() |
Alpine, New Jersey | 129.6 m | site of the first FM broadcasts |
Telecommunication Tower Hüfingen | 1976 | ![]() |
Hüfingen | 129 m | |
Telecommunication Tower Wuppertal-Westfalenweg | ? | ![]() |
Wuppertal | 128 m | |
Piatkowo transmitter, Tower 2 | 1993 | ![]() |
Poznan | 128 m | |
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Licheń | 2004 | ![]() |
Licheń | 128 m | |
Express Lift Tower | 1980-1982 | ![]() |
Northampton, Northamptonshire | 127.45 m | |
Torre Entel | 1974 | ![]() |
Santiago | 127.4 m | |
VLF transmitter Grimeton | 1923 | ![]() |
Grimeton | 127 m | |
Glasgow Tower | 2001 | ![]() |
Glasgow | 127 m | |
Aliant Tower | 1971 | ![]() |
Moncton | 127 m | |
Sender Inselsberg | 1974 | ![]() |
Inselsberg Mountain | + 126 m | Was 43.31 when constructed in 1939 |
Dreamworld Tower | 1997 | ![]() |
Dreamworld, Coomera | 126.5m | |
Transmitter Beromünster, backup transmission tower | 1937 | ![]() |
Beromünster | 126 m | Insulated against ground |
Transmitter Sottens, backup transmission tower | 1931 | ![]() |
Sottens | 125 m | Insulated against ground |
HBG Prangins | 1931 | ![]() |
Prangins | 125 m | two towers |
Grobal Tower | 1995 | ![]() |
Beppu | 125 m | |
FMT 6 - Brackenheim | ? | ![]() |
Brackenheim | 125 m | |
Craigkelly TV Tower | ? | ![]() |
Craigkelly, Burntisland, Fife | 125 m | |
Chiba Port Tower | 1986 | ![]() |
Chiba | 125 m | |
Atakule Tower | 1989 | ![]() |
Ankara | 125 m | |
Riga Radio Station | ? | ![]() |
Riga | 125 m | |
Gatlinburg Space Needle | 1970 | ![]() |
Gatlinburg | 124 m | |
Transmitter Nuremberg-Kleinreuth | 1935 | ![]() |
Nuremberg | 124 m | Timber construction, dismantled in 1935 |
Transmitter Geiersberg | ? | ![]() |
Geiersberg | 124 m | |
Tyholttårnet | 1985 | ![]() |
Trondheim | 124 m | |
Salisbury Cathedral | 1220-1320 | ![]() |
Salisbury | 123 m | |
Sender Brocken | 1937 and 1974 | ![]() |
Brocken Mountain | 123 m | 95 m on original tower |
Mont Pèlerin TV Tower | 1974 | ![]() |
Mont Pèlerin | 122.6 m | |
Pääskyvuoren linkkitorni | 1964 | ![]() |
Turku | 122 m | |
Transmission Tower Lindenfels | ? | ![]() |
Lindenfels | 122 m | |
Zendstation Megen | 1980 | ![]() |
Megen | 121 m | |
Fernmeldeturm Duisburg | ![]() |
Duisburg | 121 m | ||
Spire of Dublin | 2003 | ![]() |
Dublin | 120 m | World's tallest sculpture. |
Longwave transmitter Motala | 1927 | ![]() |
Motala | 120 m | |
Mannesmann Tower Hannover | 1955 | ![]() |
Hannover | 120 m | |
Sucha Gora TV Tower | 1962 | ![]() |
Czamorzeki | 120 m | |
Henninger Turm | 1961 | ![]() |
Frankfurt/Main | 120 m | Silo with observation tower |
Chennevières Transmitter | 1972 | ![]() |
Chennevières-sur-Marne | 120 m | |
Directional Radio Tower Le Chasseral | 1983 | ![]() |
Le Chasseral | 120 m | |
Makarki Directional Radio Tower | ? | ![]() |
Makarki | 120 m | lattice tower as basement |
Torre de la Industria | 1994 | ![]() |
Santiago | 120 m | |
High Point Place | 2006 | ![]() |
Florida | 120 m | |
Transmission Tower Hesselberg | ? | ![]() |
Hesselberg | 119 m | |
Gibloux Radio Tower | ? | ![]() |
Sorens | 118.7 m | |
Charwelton BT Tower | ? | ![]() |
Charwelton | 118.3 m | |
Busan Tower | 1973 | ![]() |
Busan | 118 m | |
Transmitter Kalundborg | 1927 | ![]() |
Kalundborg | 118 m | |
Radio Tower Gliwice | 1935 | ![]() |
Gliwice | 118 m | Tallest existing timber-constructed transmission tower |
Tryvannstårnet | 1962 | ![]() |
Oslo | 118 m | |
Crossland Tower | 1994 | ![]() |
Oyabe, Toyama | 118 m | |
Kvitsøy Tower | 1981 - 1982 | ![]() |
Kvitsoy | 117.5 m | |
Oberhausen gasometer | 1929 | ![]() |
Oberhausen | 117 m | |
Bullenhausen Elbe Powerline Crossing | ? | ![]() |
Bullenhausen | 117 m | |
Silistra TV Tower | 1979 | ![]() |
Silistra | 117 m | |
Lisebergstornet | 1990 | ![]() |
Göteborg | 116.1 m | |
Transmitter Heilsberg | 1935 | ![]() |
Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland | 115 m | Timber construction, dismantled in 1940 |
Observation tower of la Cité de l'Énergie | ? | ![]() |
Shawinigan, Quebec | 115 m | |
Bernauer Birzel | ? | ![]() |
Bernau | 115 m | |
Jagodnik transmitter | ? | ![]() |
Jagodnik | 115 m | |
Pollonius | 1992 | ![]() |
Köln-Porz | 115 m | |
Helgoland Radio Tower | 2000 | ![]() |
Helgoland | 115 m | Additionally guyed |
Torre CCU | 2007 | ![]() |
Santiago | 115 m | |
Wilhelmshaven Nautical Office Antenna Tower | 1977 | ![]() |
Wilhelmshaven | 114.1 m | |
Torre Tavira II | 1994 | ![]() |
Cádiz | 114 m | |
Torrazzo of Cremona | 1309 | ![]() |
Cremona | 112.7 m | |
Domtoren | 1328 | ![]() |
Utrecht | 112.5 m | Free standing medieval church tower, see also List of tallest churches |
Torre Centenario | 2000 | ![]() |
Santiago | 112 m | |
Transmission Tower La Dole | 1958 | ![]() |
La Dole | 112 m | |
Swingate Transmitter | ? | ![]() |
Swingate, Kent | 111 m | 3 towers |
AWA Tower | 1938-39 | ![]() |
Sydney, NSW | 111 m | 46m antenna tower atop building |
Tiger Sky Tower | 2004 | ![]() |
Sentosa Island | 110 m | Tallest free standing observation tower in Asia |
Bytkow TV Tower | ? | ![]() |
Siemianowice Śląskie | 110 m | |
Fleckendorf Radio Tower | 1955 | ![]() |
Ansfelden | 110 m | |
Agenskalns TV Tower | ? | ![]() |
Riga | 110 m | |
Exelberg Telecommunication Tower | ![]() |
Vienna | 109 m | ||
Torre Branca | 1933 | ![]() |
Milano | 108.6 m | |
Transmitter Witthoh | 1951 | ![]() |
Emmingen-Liptingen | 108 m | |
Kobe Port Tower | 1963 | ![]() |
Kobe | 108 m | |
Radio Tower of School for Radiotechnology Nuremberg | ? | ![]() |
Nuremberg | 108 m | |
Vitosha Mountain TV Tower | 1985 | ![]() |
Vitosha Mountain | 186 m | |
Tour Hertzienne TDF de Romainville | 1984 | ![]() |
Paris-Romainville | 108 m | also known as Tour Relais TDF |
Goryokaku Tower | 2006 | ![]() |
Hakodate | 107 m | |
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial | 1915 | ![]() |
Put-in-Bay, Ohio | 107 m | World’s most massive Doric column; 4th tallest memorial in U.S. |
Jefferson Davis Monument | 1924 | ![]() |
Fairview, Kentucky | 107 m | Third tallest obelisk in the world |
Torre Jaume I | 1931 | ![]() |
Barcelona | 107 m | connected with Torre Sant Sebastia by Port Vell Aerial Tramway |
Freiburg-Lehen transmitter | 1933 | Germany | Freiburg | 107 m | Timber construction, blown-up on April 21, 1945 |
Heiligenstock transmitter | 1934 | Germany | Frankfurt/Main | 107 m | Timber construction, demolished on March 25, 1945 |
Transmitter Koblenz | 1934 | ![]() |
Koblenz | 107 m | Timber construction, dismantled in 1965 |
Transmitter Trier | 1935 | ![]() |
Trier | 107 m | Timber construction, dismantled in 1948 |
Yokosuka Microwave Communications Site | ? | ![]() |
Yokosuka | 106.7 m | demolished |
Bremerhaven Radar Tower | 1965 | ![]() |
Bremerhaven | 106.1 m | |
Yokohama Marine Tower | 1961 | ![]() |
Yokohama | 106 m | |
Borisova Gradina TV Tower | 1959 | ![]() |
Sofia | 106 m | |
Zendstation Amsterdam | 2002 | ![]() |
Amsterdam | 106 m | |
Pardubice TV Tower | 1988 | ![]() |
Pardubice | 105 m | |
RTON Lublin-Raabego | ? | ![]() |
Lublin | 104 m | Radio-TV Transmission Tower |
Wannenberg Transmission Tower | ? | ![]() |
Wannenberg | 103 m | |
Tsutenkaku | 1956 | ![]() |
Osaka | 103 m | |
Scream | 1992 | ![]() |
Soltau - Heidepark | 103 m | Gyro-Drop Tower |
Total Tower | 1994 | ![]() |
Denver | 102.4 m | |
Kitzbühl Horn transmitter | ? | ![]() |
Kitzbühl | 102 m | |
Telecom Telecommunication Tower Heidelberg | ? | ![]() |
Heidelberg | 102 m | |
Zakopane-Gubałówka transmitter | ? | ![]() |
Zakopane | 102 m | |
Transmitter Heilsberg | 1930 | ![]() |
Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland | 102 m | Twin timber construction, dismantled in 1940 |
Torre del Mangia | 1348 | ![]() |
Sienna | 102 m | |
Telecommunication Tower of Munich postal district | 1956 | ![]() |
Munich | 101.6 m | |
Brotjacklriegl TV Tower | 1960 | ![]() |
Brotjacklriegel | 100.3 m | |
Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower | 1908 | ![]() |
Birmingham, England | 100 m | |
Tour Perret | 1925 | ![]() |
Grenoble | 100 m | |
Reichenbach transmitter | 1937 | Germany | Reichenbach/Oberlausitz | 100 m | Timber construction, demolished on May 7, 1945 |
Puckeridge DECCA tower | 194? | ![]() |
Puckeridge | 100 m | Insulated against ground |
Golm transmitter | 1948 | ![]() |
Golm | 100 m | Timber construction, dismantled on 25 October 1979 |
Schöckl Transmitter | 1956 | ![]() |
Schöckl Mountain | 100 m | Additionally guyed |
Gaisberg Transmitter | 1956 | ![]() |
Gaisberg Mountain | 100 m | |
Beppu Tower | 1957 | ![]() |
Beppu | 100 m | |
Hakata Port Tower | 1964 | ![]() |
Hukuoka | 100 m | |
Ještěd TV Tower | 1968 | ![]() |
Jested | 100 m | |
Hokkaido Centennial Monument | 1970 | ![]() |
Sapporo | 100 m | |
Rainbow Tower | 1973 | ![]() |
Niigata | 100 m | |
Bazita Peak TV Tower | 1975 | ![]() |
Zalaegerszeg | 100 m | |
Holstein Tower | 1988 | ![]() |
Sierksdorf | 100 m | additionally guyed Gyro-Tower |
Faro de Moncloa | 1992 | ![]() |
Madrid | 100 m | |
Transmitter Truc de Fortunio | ? | ![]() |
Truc de Fortunio | 100 m | |
Osmolin Radio Tower | ? | ![]() |
Osmolin | 100 m | |
El Bosque 500 | 2001 | ![]() |
Santiago | 100 m | |
Taming Sari Tower | 2008 | ![]() |
Melaka | 110 m | First revolving tower in Malaysia |
Liepāja Radio and TV Transmitter | ? | ![]() |
Liepāja | 100 m |
Diagram
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Timeline of tallest tower
From | To | Tower | Country | Town | Pinnacle height |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
280 BC | 1180 AD | Pharos Lighthouse | ![]() |
Alexandria | 122 m |
1180 | 1240 | Malmesbury Abbey Tower | ![]() |
Malmesbury | 131.3 m |
1240 | 1311 | Tower of Old St Paul's Cathedral | ![]() |
London | 150 m |
1311 | 1549 | Tower of Lincoln Cathedral | ![]() |
Lincoln | 159.7 m |
1549 | 1647 | Tower of St Mary's church | ![]() |
Stralsund | 151 m |
1647 | 1874 | Tower of Strasbourg Cathedral | ![]() |
Strasbourg | 142 m |
1874 | 1876 | Tower of St. Nikolai | ![]() |
Hamburg | 147 m |
1876 | 1880 | Tower of Rouen Cathedral | ![]() |
Rouen | 151 m |
1880 | 1889 | Tower of Cologne Cathedral | ![]() |
Cologne | 157.38 m |
1889 | 1958 | Eiffel Tower | ![]() |
Paris | 312.3 m |
1958 | 1967 | Tokyo Tower | ![]() |
Tokyo | 332.6 m |
1967 | 1976 | Ostankino Tower | ![]() |
Moscow | 540.1 m |
1976 | 2010 | CN Tower | ![]() |
Toronto | 553.33 m |
2010 | 2011 | Canton Tower | ![]() |
Guangzhou | 600 m |
2011 | present (as of 2013) | Tokyo Skytree | ![]() |
Tokyo | 634 m |
Partially guyed towers
The following towers consist of a free standing basement towers with a guyed structure on the top. The basement can be made of reinforced concrete or of lattice steel. All of the below are over 100 metres.
Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle height | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerbrandy Tower | 1961 | ![]() |
IJsselstein | 366.8 m | |
Vännäs TV Tower | 1988 | ![]() |
Vännäs | 323 m | |
Høiåsmasten | 1980 | ![]() |
Halden | 320 m | |
Zendstation Smilde | 1959 | ![]() |
Smilde | 303.5 m | |
Cutler Naval Station | 1960 | ![]() |
Cutler, Maine | ? m | |
Brunnby transmitter | ? | ![]() |
Uppsala | 225 m | |
TV Tower Brest - Roc Trédudon | 1974 | ![]() |
Roc Trédudon | 220 m | lattice tower as basement |
Greipstad transmitter | 1958 | ![]() |
Greipstad | 218 m | [1] |
Telecommunication Tower Aarhus | 1956 | ![]() |
Arhus | 216.1 m | |
Nordhue transmitter | ? | ![]() |
Elverum, Hedmark | 195 m | lattice tower as basement |
Kekesteto TV Tower | ? | ![]() |
Kekesteto | 178 m | |
Gelukskroon transmitter, main tower | ? | ![]() |
Pretoria | ? | [2] |
Brudaremossen masts | 1980 | ![]() |
Gothenburg | 172 m | |
Sendeturm Dobratsch | 1971 | ![]() |
Dobratsch Mountain | 165 m | |
Lyngdal transmitter | 1954 | ![]() |
Lyngdal | 156 m | [3] |
Shchyolkovo Radio Mast | ? | ![]() |
Shchyolkovo | 150 m | Mast radiator on small lattice tower[4],[5] |
Steinfjellet transmitter | ? | ![]() |
Bremanger | 148 m | |
Mont Agel Broadcasting Mast | 1946 | ![]() |
Fontbonne | 145 m | originally mast radiator with lattice tower as basement, today used for FM-/TV-broadcasting [6] |
Waldenburg TV Tower | ? | ![]() |
Waldenburg | 145 m | antenna mast will be dismantled in 2008 |
Mekhzavod Radio Mast | ? | ![]() |
Mekhzavod | 142 m | Mast radiator on small lattice tower[7] |
Sendeturm Jauerling | 1958 | ![]() |
Jauerling | 141 m | lattice tower as basement |
Hoherodskopf old telecommunication tower | ? | ![]() |
Hoherodskopf | ? | lattice tower as basement, replaced by Hoherodskopf telecommunication tower, [8] |
Pietricica transmitter | ? | ![]() |
Piatra Neamţ | ? | [9] |
Geitfjellet transmitter | 1962 | ![]() |
Grong | 131 m | [10] |
Lakssvelafjellet transmitter | ? | ![]() |
Bjerkreim | 130 m | |
Wachberg transmitter | ? | ![]() |
Weitra | 130 m | |
Mount Corhanwarrabul, Channel 7 Tower | 1956 | ![]() |
Mount Dandenong, Victoria | 131 m | Lattice tower as basement |
Torfhaus Telekom Transmitter | ? | ![]() |
Torfhaus | 130 m | was transformed in a pure guyed mast |
Tokaj TV Tower | 1960 | ![]() |
Tokaj | 130 m | |
Ylojärvi TV Tower | ? | ![]() |
Ylojärvi | 124 m | |
Transmitter Geiersberg | ? | ![]() |
Geiersberg | 124 m | lattice tower as basement |
Criuleni TV Tower | ? | Moldova | Criuleni | 123 m | [11] |
Tighina TV Tower | ? | Moldova | Tighina | ? m | [12] |
Transmission Tower Lindenfels | ? | ![]() |
Lindenfels | 122 m | lattice tower as basement |
Transmitter Boppard | ? | ![]() |
Boppard-Fleckertshöhe | 121 m | lattice tower as basement |
Makarki Directional Radio Tower | ? | ![]() |
Makarki | 120 m | lattice tower as basement |
Uzd TV Tower | ? | ![]() |
Uzd | 120 m | [13] |
Transmission Tower Hesselberg | ? | ![]() |
Hesselberg | 119 m | lattice tower as basement |
Hegyhátsál TV Tower | ? | ![]() |
Hegyhátsál | 117 m | |
Reichenhain Transmission Tower | ? | ![]() |
Chemnitz | 99 m | lattice tower as basement, was before June 2007 free-standing |
Mount Ślęża transmitter | 1958 | ![]() |
Mount Ślęża | 98 m | dismantled, after taller additionally guyed tower was built in 1972 |
Still Pond Signal Tower | ? | ![]() |
Still Pond, Maryland | 83.8 m | [14] |
Towers on roof of Heckeshorn Shelter | 1948 | ![]() |
Berlin | ? m | 2 towers, were used from 1948 to 1967 for a radio relay link to Lower Saxony. Dismantled in 1967 |
Coburg-Eckardtsberg Radio Tower | ? | ![]() |
Coburg | 68 m | prefabricated concrete tower as basement |
Kvasovka Radio Tower | ? | ![]() |
Kvasovka | ? m | Pinnacle guyed on ground and on 4 crossbars mounted on the lower part of the tower[15] |
Alfândega da Fé Transmitter | ? | ![]() |
Alfândega da Fé | ? | [16] [17] |
Monte do Faro transmitter | ? | ![]() |
Valença | ? | [18], [19] |
Valença Rádio Comercial transmitter | ? | ![]() |
Valença | ? | [20], [21] |
Shabla transmitter | ? | ![]() |
Shabla | ? m | [22] |
Tuttlingen transmitter | ? | ![]() |
Tuttlingen | ? | [23] |
Old TV-Tower Inselberg | 1939 | ![]() |
Inselsberg Mountain | 43.31 m | aerial mast removed |
Windisch Bleiberg Transmission Tower | ? | ![]() |
Windisch Bleiberg | ? | |
Campobasso Transmitter | 1959 | ![]() |
Campobasso | ? | mast radiator on castle |
Chełmiec Radio Mast | ? | ![]() |
Chełmiec | ? | Guyed mast on castle ruin |
Wrights Hill Radio Tower | ? | ![]() |
Wellington | ? | [24] |
References
- ^ "Tokyo Sky Tree construction ends: World's tallest tower prepares to open". Cable News Network. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ Danielle Demetriou (1 March 2012). "Tokyo unveils world's tallest communications tower". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Tokyo Skytree website" (in Japanese). Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. & Tobu Tower Skytree Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2011-03-08.