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 "=".

OrderNameConstructionImageHeightStepsLocationCountryYearRemarks
1Île Vierge LighthouseStone (granite)271 feet (83 m)[4][5]397[4]
400[6]		Finistère France1902Tallest traditional
2Lighthouse of GenoaStone249 feet (76 m)[7][8]365[8]Genoa Italy1543Tallest in the Mediterranean
3Phare de GattevilleStone (granite)247 feet (75 m)[9]365[10]Gatteville-le-Phare France1835
4Lesnoy Mole Rear Range LightMetal239 feet (73 m)[11] Saint Petersburg Russia1986+Tallest in Russia, tallest range light
5Mulantou LighthouseConcrete237 feet (72 m)[12] Hainan China1995Tallest in China
6Baishamen LighthouseConcrete236 feet (72 m)[12] Hainan China2000+
7Punta Penna LighthouseConcrete233 feet (71 m)[13]307[14]Vasto Italy1906
7Osinovetsky LightStone233 feet (71 m)[15]366[16]Lake Ladoga Russia1910?
7Storozhenskiy LightStone233 feet (71 m)[15]399[17]Lake Ladoga Russia1911
10Cordouan lighthouseStone223 feet (68 m)[18]311[19]Gironde France1611
10Vittoria LightStone223 feet (68 m)[20]285[21]Trieste Italy1927
12Recalada a Bahía Blanca LightCast iron skeletal220 feet (67 m)[22]331[23]Monte Hermoso Argentina1906Tallest in the Southern Hemisphere
13Maasvlakte LightConcrete216 feet (66 m)[1]295[24]Maasvlakte Netherlands1974Tallest in the Netherlands, inactive
13Planier LightStone216 feet (66 m)[25] Marseille France1959
15Campen LighthouseSteel skeletal213 feet (65 m)[26]320[27]Ems (river) Germany1891Tallest in Germany
16Phare d'EckmühlGranite213 feet (65 m)[28]307[29]Penmarc'h France1897
17Świnoujście LighthouseBrick212 feet (65 m)[30]300[31]Świnoujście Poland1857Tallest brick lighthouse, tallest in Poland
18Adziogol LighthouseSteel211 feet (64 m)[32] Kherson Ukraine1911Tallest in Ukraine
18Cape Hatteras LightBrick210 feet (64 m)[33]268[34]Hatteras Island, NC United States1870
20Bari LightStone205 feet (62 m)[35]380[36]Bari Italy1869
20Chipiona LightStone205 feet (62 m)[37]344[38]Chipiona Spain1867Tallest in Spain
20Lighthouse of Praia da BarraStone203 feet (62 m)[39]291[40]Aveiro Portugal1893Tallest in Portugal
20Calcanhar LighthouseReinforced concrete203 feet (62 m)[41]277[42]Touros Brazil1912Tallest in Brazil
20El Rincón LightConcrete203 feet (62 m)[43] Near Verde Peninsula, Buenos Aires Argentina1925
25Voslapp Range Rear LightConcrete202 feet (62 m)[44] Wilhelmshaven Germany1962
26Roches-Douvres LightStone197 feet (60 m)[45] Côtes-d'Armor France1954
26Borkum Großer LightBrick197 feet (60 m)[46]315[47]Borkum Germany1879
26Nosy Alañaña LightConcrete197 feet (60 m)[48] Toamasina Madagascar1932Tallest in Africa

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rowlett, Russ. "The Tallest Lighthouses". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
  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. 1 2 "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.
  5. ↑ List of Lights, Pub. 114: British Isles, English Channel and North Sea (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2009. p. 132.
  6. ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of France: Northern Finistère". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  7. ↑ 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. 132.
  8. 1 2 "La Lanterna - The Lighthouse of Genova". liguri.org. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
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  10. ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of France: Basse-Normandie (Western Normandy)". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. 1 2 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.
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  15. 1 2 Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Russia: Lake Ladoga". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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