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. As such, its 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 "=".
OrderName Construction ImageHeightStepsLocationCountryYear Remarks 1 Île Vierge Lighthouse Stone (granite) 397400 Finistère 1902 Tallest traditional 2 Lighthouse of Genoa Stone 365 Genoa 1543 Tallest in the Mediterranean World's fourth oldest 3 Phare de Gatteville Stone (granite) 365 Gatteville-le-Phare 1835 4 Lesnoy Mole Rear Range Light Metal Saint Petersburg 1986+ Tallest in Russia, tallest range light 5 Mulantou Lighthouse Concrete Hainan 1995 Tallest in Asia 6 Baishamen Lighthouse Concrete Hainan 2000+ 7 Punta Penna Lighthouse Concrete 307 Vasto 1906 7 Osinovetsky Light Stone 366 Lake Ladoga 1910? 7 Storozhenskiy Light Stone 399 Lake Ladoga 1911 10 Cordouan lighthouse Stone 311 Gironde 1611 10 Vittoria Light Stone 285 Trieste 1927 12 Recalada a Bahía Blanca Light Cast iron skeletal 331 Monte Hermoso 1906 Tallest in the Southern Hemisphere 13 Maasvlakte Light Concrete 295 Maasvlakte 1974 Tallest in the Netherlands, inactive 13 Planier Light Stone Marseille 1959 15 Campen Lighthouse Steel skeletal 320 Ems (river) 1891 Tallest in Germany 16 Phare d'Eckmühl Granite 307 Penmarc'h 1897 17 Świnoujście Lighthouse Brick Listed as "Pilot Tower" 300 Świnoujście 1857 Tallest brick lighthouse, tallest in Poland 18 Adziogol Lighthouse Steel Kherson 1911 Tallest in Ukraine 18 Cape Hatteras Light Brick 268 Hatteras Island, NC 1870 Tallest in North America 20 Bari Light Stone 380 Bari 1869 20 Chipiona Light Stone 344 Chipiona 1867 Tallest in Spain 22 Lighthouse of Praia da Barra Stone 291 Aveiro 1893 Tallest in Portugal 22 Calcanhar Lighthouse Reinforced concrete 277 Touros 1912 Tallest in Brazil 22 El Rincón Light Concrete Near Verde Peninsula, Buenos Aires 1925 25 Voslapp Range Rear Light Concrete Wilhelmshaven 1962 26 Roches-Douvres Light Stone Côtes-d'Armor 1954 26 Borkum Großer Light Brick 315Borkum 1879 26 Nosy Alañaña Light Concrete Toamasina 1932 Tallest in Africa
See also List of lighthouses and lightvessels
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