List of tallest lighthouses

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		211 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
22	Lighthouse of Praia da Barra	Stone		203 feet (62 m)[39]	291[40]	Aveiro	Portugal	1893	Tallest in Portugal
22	Calcanhar Lighthouse	Reinforced concrete		203 feet (62 m)[41]	277[42]	Touros	Brazil	1912	Tallest in Brazil
22	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

• List of lighthouses and lightvessels

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