List of tallest lighthouses


This is a list of the tallest lighthouses, by tower height.
The list is based on the list of tallest lighthouses from The Lighthouse Directory. 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. Sources are given for all other information.
Heights are from the United States Coast Guard Light List for the United States and from NGA List of Lights for the rest of the world, unless a better source exists. Where several lighthouses share the same height they share the same position, and are all marked with "=".
OrderNameConstructionImageHeightStepsLocationCountryYearRemarks
*Jeddah LightConcrete and steel Jeddah1990"has a credible claim to be the world's tallest light tower"
*Yokohama Marine TowerSteel skeletal Yokohama1961Tallest in Japan
*Palacio BaroloConcrete Buenos Aires1923The lighthouse at the top of the building can be seen all the way in Montevideo, Uruguay.
*Statue of LibertySteel skeletal with copper sheets New York City1886Tallest at the time of construction
1Île Vierge LighthouseStone 397
400		Finistère1902Tallest traditional
2Lighthouse of GenoaStone
365Genoa1543Tallest in the Mediterranean
3Phare de GattevilleStone 365Gatteville-le-Phare1835
4Lesnoy Mole Rear Range LightMetal Saint Petersburg1986+Tallest in Russia, tallest range light
5Mulantou LighthouseConcrete Hainan1995Tallest in China
6Baishamen LighthouseConcrete Hainan2000+
7Punta Penna LighthouseConcrete307Vasto1906
7Osinovetsky LightStone Lake Ladoga1910?
7Storozhenskiy LightStone Lake Ladoga1911
10Cordouan lighthouseStone311Gironde1611
10Vittoria LightStone285Trieste1927
12Recalada a Bahía Blanca LightCast iron skeletal331Monte Hermoso1906Tallest in the Southern Hemisphere
13Maasvlakte LightConcrete295Maasvlakte1974Tallest in the Netherlands, inactive
13Planier LightStone Marseille1959
15Campen LighthouseSteel skeletal Ems 1891Tallest in Germany
15Lange Nelle Lighthouseconcrete Port of Ostend1947
15Phare d'Eckmühlgranite307Penmarc'h1897
15Świnoujście LighthouseBrick300Świnoujście1857Tallest brick lighthouse, tallest in Poland
19Adziogol LighthouseSteel Kherson1911Tallest in Ukraine
19Cape Hatteras LightBrick268Hatteras Island, NC1870
21Bari LightStone Bari1869
21Chipiona LightStone Chipiona1867Tallest in Spain
21Lighthouse of Praia da BarraStone291Aveiro1893Tallest in Portugal
21Calcanhar LighthouseReinforced concrete277Touros1912Tallest in Brazil
21El Rincón LightConcrete Near Verde Peninsula, Buenos Aires1925
26Voslapp Range Rear LightConcrete Wilhelmshaven1962
27Roches-Douvres LightStone Côtes-d'Armor1954
27Borkum Großer LightBrick Borkum1879
27Nosy Alañaña LightConcrete Toamasina1932tallest in Africa