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 436 feet (133 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 332 feet (101 m)[6]   Yokohama  Japan 1961 Tallest in Japan
* Palacio Barolo Concrete 328 feet (100 m)[7]   Buenos Aires  Argentina 1923 The lighthouse at the top of the building can be seen all the way in Montevideo, Uruguay.
* Statue of Liberty Steel skeletal with copper sheets 305 feet (93 m)   New York City  United States 1886 Tallest at the time of construction
1 Île Vierge Lighthouse Stone (granite) 82.5 metres (271 ft)[8][9] 397[8]
400[10]		 Finistère  France 1902 Tallest traditional
2 Lighthouse of Genoa Stone 249 feet (76 m)[11]
77 metres (253 ft)[12]		 365[12] Genoa  Italy 1543 Tallest in the Mediterranean
3 Phare de Gatteville Stone (granite) 247 feet (75 m)[13] 365[14] Gatteville-le-Phare  France 1835
4 Lesnoy Mole Rear Range Light Metal 239 feet (73 m)[15]   Saint Petersburg  Russia 1986+ Tallest in Russia, tallest range light
5 Mulantou Lighthouse Concrete 237 feet (72 m)[16]   Hainan  China 1995 Tallest in China
6 Baishamen Lighthouse Concrete 236 feet (72 m)[16]   Hainan  China 2000+
7 Storozhenskiy Light Stone 233 feet (71 m)[17]   Lake Ladoga  Russia 1911
7 Osinovetsky Light Stone 233 feet (71 m)[17]   Lake Ladoga  Russia 1910?
7 Punta Penna Lighthouse Concrete 233 feet (71 m)[18] 307[19] Vasto  Italy 1906
10 Vittoria Light Stone 223 feet (68 m)[20] 285[21] Trieste  Italy 1927
10 Cordouan lighthouse Stone 223 feet (68 m)[22] 311[23] Gironde  France 1611
12 Recalada a Bahía Blanca Light Cast iron skeletal 220 feet (67 m)[24] 331[25] Monte Hermoso  Argentina 1906 Tallest in the Southern Hemisphere
13 Planier Light Stone 216 feet (66 m)[26]   Marseille  France 1959
13 Maasvlakte Light Concrete 216 feet (66 m)[1] 295[27] Maasvlakte  Netherlands 1974 Tallest in the Netherlands, inactive
15 Campen Lighthouse Steel skeletal 213 feet (65 m)[28]   Ems (river)  Germany 1891 Tallest in Germany
15 Lange Nelle Lighthouse concrete 65 metres (213 ft)   Port of Ostend  Belgium 1947
15 Phare d'Eckmühl granite 213 feet (65 m)[29] 307[30] Penmarc'h  France 1897
18 Świnoujście Lighthouse Brick 212 feet (65 m)[31] 300[32] Świnoujście  Poland 1857 Tallest brick lighthouse, tallest in Poland
19 Adziogol Lighthouse Steel 211 feet (64 m)[33]   Kherson  Ukraine 1911 Tallest in Ukraine
20 Cape Hatteras Light Brick 210 feet (64 m)[34] 268[35] Hatteras Island, NC  United States 1870
21 Chipiona Light Stone 205 feet (62 m)[36]   Chipiona  Spain 1867 Tallest in Spain
22 Bari Light Stone 205 feet (62 m)[37]   Bari  Italy 1869
23 Lighthouse of Praia da Barra Stone 203 feet (62 m)[38] 291[39] Aveiro  Portugal 1893 Tallest in Portugal
23 Calcanhar Lighthouse Reinforced concrete 203 feet (62 m)[40] 277 [41] Touros  Brazil 1912 Tallest in Brazil
23 El Rincón Light Concrete 203 feet (62 m)[42]   Near Verde Peninsula, Buenos Aires  Argentina 1925
26 Voslapp Range Rear Light Concrete 202 feet (62 m)[43]   Wilhelmshaven  Germany 1962
27 Roches-Douvres Light Stone 197 feet (60 m)[44]   Côtes-d'Armor  France 1954
27 Borkum Großer Light Brick 197 feet (60 m)[45]   Borkum  Germany 1879
27 Nosy Alañaña Light Concrete 197 feet (60 m)[46]   Toamasina  Madagascar 1932 tallest in Africa

See also

References

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  2. ^ Light List, Volumes 1-7. United States Coast Guard.
  3. ^ Limits of List of Lights, Pubs. 110–116. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
  4. ^ a b Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Saudi Arabia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  5. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Japan: Tōkyō Area". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  6. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 112: Western Pacific and Indian Oceans Including the Persian Gulf and Red Sea (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2009. p. 67.
  7. ^ "Palacio Barolo". SkyscraperPage. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Phare de l'île Vierge". Sécurité maritime - Les Phares et Balises (in French). France: Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Sea. 30 June 2006. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
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  10. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of France: Northern Finistère". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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  14. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of France: Basse-Normandie (Western Normandy)". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  15. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 116: Baltic Sea with Kattegat, Belts and Sound and Gulf of Bothnia (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2010. p. 192.
  16. ^ a b List of Lights, Pub. 112: Western Pacific and Indian Oceans Including the Persian Gulf and Red Sea (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2009. p. 297.
  17. ^ a b Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Russia: Lake Ladoga". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  18. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2009. p. 192.
  19. ^ "I 104 anni del faro di Punta Penna, storie vere: 2007, l'anno dei naufragi" [The 104 years of the lighthouse at Punta Penna, true stories: 2007, year of shipwrecks]. vastoweb.com (in Italian). Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  20. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2009. p. 201.
  21. ^ "Spifferi di Trieste: I record del dongiovanni allampanato" [Notes of Trieste: The records of the lanky playboy]. spifferiditrieste.blogspot.com (in Italian). Retrieved 9 August 2010.
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  23. ^ "Cordouan Information". littoral33.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  24. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2010. p. 269.
  25. ^ "Centenario del Faro Recalada a Bahía Blanca" [Centennial to Recalada a Bahía Blanca Lighthouse]. hidro.gov.ar (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  26. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2009. p. 119.
  27. ^ "Vuurtoren in Nederland - Vuurtoren Maasvlakte" [Lighthouses in the Netherlands - Maasvlakte Lighthouse]. vuurtorens.net (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 10 May 2004. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  28. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 114: British Isles, English Channel and North Sea (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2010. p. 159.
  29. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2009. p. 5.
  30. ^ "Eckmühl". phares.du.monde.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  31. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 116: Baltic Sea with Kattegat, Belts and Sound and Gulf of Bothnia (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2010. p. 86. Listed as "Pilot Tower"
  32. ^ "Tourism". swinoujscie.pl. Archived from the original on 29 July 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  33. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2009. p. 311.
  34. ^ Light List, Volume II, Atlantic Coast, Shrewsbury River, New Jersey to Little River, South Carolina (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2010. p. 5.
  35. ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: North Carolina". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-09-23.
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  37. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2009. p. 189.
  38. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2009. p. 54.
  39. ^ "GCX49T Farol de Aveiro (Traditional Cache) in Aveiro, Portugal created by Malok0". geocaching.com. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
  40. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2010. p. 236.
  41. ^ "Perobas - Touros". natalonline.com (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 7 January 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  42. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2010. p. 270.
  43. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 114: British Isles, English Channel and North Sea (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2010. p. 160.
  44. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 114: British Isles, English Channel and North Sea (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2010. p. 122.
  45. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 114: British Isles, English Channel and North Sea (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2010. p. 158.
  46. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 112: Western Pacific and Indian Oceans Including the Persian Gulf and Red Sea (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2009. p. 525.
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