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 includes only "traditional lighthouses", as defined by The Lighthouse Directory, i.e. buildings built by navigation safety authorities primarily as an aid to navigation.[1] As such, its 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Île Vierge Lighthouse | Stone (granite) | 271 feet (83 m)[4][5] | 397[4] 400[6] | Finistère | 1902 | Tallest traditional | ||
| 2 | Lighthouse of Genoa | Stone | 249 feet (76 m)[7][8] | 365[8] | Genoa | 1543 | Tallest in the Mediterranean
World's fourth oldest | ||
| 3 | Phare de Gatteville | Stone (granite) | 247 feet (75 m)[9] | 365[10] | Gatteville-le-Phare | 1835 | |||
| 4 | Lesnoy Mole Rear Range Light | Metal | 239 feet (73 m)[11] | Saint Petersburg | 1986+ | Tallest in Russia, tallest range light | |||
| 5 | Mulantou Lighthouse | Concrete | 237 feet (72 m)[12] | Hainan | 1995 | Tallest in Asia | |||
| 6 | Baishamen Lighthouse | Concrete | 236 feet (72 m)[12] | Hainan | 2000+ | ||||
| 7 | Punta Penna Lighthouse | Concrete | 233 feet (71 m)[13] | 307[14] | Vasto | 1906 | |||
| 7 | Osinovetsky Light | Stone | 233 feet (71 m)[15] | 366[16] | Lake Ladoga | 1910? | |||
| 7 | Storozhenskiy Light | Stone | 233 feet (71 m)[15] | 399[17] | Lake Ladoga | 1911 | |||
| 10 | Cordouan lighthouse | Stone | 223 feet (68 m)[18] | 311[19] | Gironde | 1611 | |||
| 10 | Vittoria Light | Stone | 223 feet (68 m)[20] | 285[21] | Trieste | 1927 | |||
| 12 | Recalada a Bahía Blanca Light | Cast iron skeletal | 220 feet (67 m)[22] | 331[23] | Monte Hermoso | 1906 | Tallest in the Southern Hemisphere | ||
| 13 | Maasvlakte Light | Concrete | 216 feet (66 m)[1] | 295[24] | Maasvlakte | 1974 | Tallest in the Netherlands, inactive | ||
| 13 | Planier Light | Stone | 216 feet (66 m)[25] | Marseille | 1959 | ||||
| 15 | Campen Lighthouse | Steel skeletal | 213 feet (65 m)[26] | 320[27] | Ems (river) | 1891 | Tallest in Germany | ||
| 16 | Phare d'Eckmühl | Granite | 213 feet (65 m)[28] | 307[29] | Penmarc'h | 1897 | |||
| 17 | Świnoujście Lighthouse | Brick | 212 feet (65 m)[30] | 300[31] | Świnoujście | 1857 | Tallest brick lighthouse, tallest in Poland | ||
| 18 | Adziogol Lighthouse | Steel | 211 feet (64 m)[32] | Kherson | 1911 | Tallest in Ukraine | |||
| 18 | Cape Hatteras Light | Brick | 210 feet (64 m)[33] | 268[34] | Hatteras Island, NC | 1870 | Tallest in North America | ||
| 20 | Bari Light | Stone | 205 feet (62 m)[35] | 380[36] | Bari | 1869 | |||
| 20 | Chipiona Light | Stone | 205 feet (62 m)[37] | 344[38] | Chipiona | 1867 | Tallest in Spain | ||
| 22 | Lighthouse of Praia da Barra | Stone | 203 feet (62 m)[39] | 291[40] | Aveiro | 1893 | Tallest in Portugal | ||
| 22 | Calcanhar Lighthouse | Reinforced concrete | 203 feet (62 m)[41] | 277[42] | Touros | 1912 | Tallest in Brazil | ||
| 22 | El Rincón Light | Concrete | 203 feet (62 m)[43] | Near Verde Peninsula, Buenos Aires | 1925 | ||||
| 25 | Voslapp Range Rear Light | Concrete | 202 feet (62 m)[44] | Wilhelmshaven | 1962 | ||||
| 26 | Roches-Douvres Light | Stone | 197 feet (60 m)[45] | Côtes-d'Armor | 1954 | ||||
| 26 | Borkum Großer Light | Brick | 197 feet (60 m)[46] | 315[47] | Borkum | 1879 | |||
| 26 | Nosy Alañaña Light | Concrete | 197 feet (60 m)[48] | Toamasina | 1932 | Tallest in Africa | |||