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

See also

References

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