List of tallest lighthouses in the world
This is a list of the tallest lighthouses in the world.
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 |
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* | Jeddah Light[4] | Concrete and steel | 140px | 436 feet (133 m) | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 1990 | "has a credible claim to be the world's tallest lighthouse" | |
* | Perry Memorial Monument[5] | granite | 352 feet (107 m)[6] | Put-in-Bay, Ohio | United States | 1915 | Tallest in North America | ||
* | Yokohama Marine Tower[7] | Steel skeletal | 332 feet (101 m)[8] | Yokohama | Japan | 1961 | Tallest in Japan | ||
1 | Île Vierge Lighthouse | Stone (granite) | 82.5 metres (271 ft)[9][10] | 397[9] 400[11] |
Finistère | France | 1902 | Tallest traditional | |
2 | Lighthouse of Genoa | Stone | 249 feet (76 m)[12] 77 metres (253 ft)[13] |
365[13] | Genoa | Italy | 1543 | Tallest in the Mediterranean | |
3 | Phare de Gatteville | Stone (granite) | 247 feet (75 m)[14] | 365[15] | Gatteville-le-Phare | France | 1835 | ||
4 | Lesnoy Mole Rear Range Light | Metal | 239 feet (73 m)[16] | Saint Petersburg | Russia | Tallest in Russia, tallest range light | |||
5 | Mulantou Lighthouse | Concrete | 237 feet (72 m)[17] | Hainan | China | 1995 | Tallest in China | ||
6 | Baishamen Lighthouse | Concrete | 236 feet (72 m)[17] | Hainan | China | 2000+ | |||
7 | Storozhenskiy Light | Stone | 233 feet (71 m)[18] | Lake Ladoga | Russia | 1911 | |||
7 | Osinovetsky Light | Stone | 233 feet (71 m)[18] | Lake Ladoga | Russia | 1910? | |||
7 | Punta Penna Lighthouse | Concrete | 233 feet (71 m)[19] | 307[20] | Abruzzo | Italy | 1906 | ||
8 | Vittoria Light | Stone | 223 feet (68 m)[21] | 285[22] | Trieste | Italy | 1927 | ||
8 | Cordouan lighthouse | Stone | 223 feet (68 m)[23] | 311[24] | Gironde | France | 1611 | ||
9 | Recalada a Bahía Blanca Light | Cast iron skeletal | 220 feet (67 m)[25] | 311[26] | Monte Hermoso | Argentina | 1906 | Tallest in the Southern Hemisphere | |
10 | Planier Light | Stone | 216 feet (66 m)[27] | Marseille | France | 1959 | |||
10 | Maasvlakte Light | Concrete | 216 feet (66 m)[1] | 295[28] | Maasvlakte | Netherlands | 1974 | Tallest in the Netherlands, inactive | |
11 | Campen Lighthouse | Steel skeletal | 213 feet (65 m)[29] | Ems (river) | Germany | 1891 | Tallest in Germany | ||
11 | Lange Nelle Lighthouse | concrete | 65 metres (213 ft) | Port of Ostend | Belgium | 1947 | |||
11 | Phare d'Eckmühl | granite | 213 feet (65 m)[30] | 307[31] | Penmarc'h | France | 1897 | ||
12 | Świnoujście Lighthouse | Brick | 212 feet (65 m)[32] | 300[33] | Świnoujście | Poland | 1857 | Tallest brick lighthouse, tallest in Poland | |
13 | Adziogol Lighthouse | Steel | 211 feet (64 m)[34] | Kherson | Ukraine | 1911 | Tallest in Ukraine | ||
14 | Cape Hatteras Light | Brick | 210 feet (64 m)[35] | 268[36] | Hatteras Island, NC | United States | 1870 | ||
15 | Chipiona Light | Stone | 205 feet (62 m)[37] | Chipiona | Spain | 1867 | Tallest in Spain | ||
16 | Bari Light | Stone | 205 feet (62 m)[38] | Bari | Italy | 1869 | |||
17 | Aveiro Light | Stone | 203 feet (62 m)[39] | 291[40] | Aveiro | Portugal | 1893 | Tallest in Portugal | |
17 | Calcanhar Lighthouse | Reinforced concrete | 203 feet (62 m)[41] | 277 [42] | Touros | Brazil | 1912 | Tallest in Brazil | |
17 | El Rincón Light | Concrete | 203 feet (62 m)[43] | Near Verde Peninsula, Buenos Aires | Argentina | 1925 | |||
18 | Voslapp Range Rear Light | Concrete | 202 feet (62 m)[44] | Wilhelmshaven | Germany | 1962 | |||
19 | Roches-Douvres Light | Stone | 197 feet (60 m)[45] | Côtes-d'Armor | France | 1954 | |||
19 | Borkum Großer Light | Brick | 197 feet (60 m)[46] | Borkum | Germany | 1879 | |||
19 | Nosy Alañaña Light | Concrete | 197 feet (60 m)[47] | Toamasina | Madagascar | 1932 | tallest in Africa |
See also
References
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