This is a list of tallest towers in the world in general.
A tower is a tall man-made structure, always taller than it is wide, and usually much higher. Towers are generally built to take advantage of their height and can stand alone or as part of a larger structure. Towers as defined here are meant for regular but not living access by humans, and are self supporting (no guy wires). Thus apartment buildings (skyscrapers) and radio/tv masts do not qualify.
Chimneys, electricity pylons, and most statues allow human access for maintenance, but not as part of their normal operation. They are currently included in this list, but see the Talk:List of towers page for a discussion of whether they should be or not.
| Name
| Pinnacle height
| Year
| Tower type
| Country
| Town
| Remarks
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| CN Tower | 1815 ft | 553 m | 1976 | Concrete tower | Canada | Toronto |
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| Ostankino Tower | 1772 ft | 540.1 m | 1967 | Concrete tower | Russia | Moscow | 2000 Fire led to renovation
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| Oriental Pearl Tower | 1535 ft | 467.9 m | 1967 | Concrete tower | People’s Republic of China | Shanghai |
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| Milad Tower | 1427 ft | 435 m | 2003 | Concrete tower | Iran | Teheran |
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| Menara Kuala Lumpur | 1381 ft | 421 m | 1995 | Concrete tower | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur |
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| Chimney of GRES-2 Power Station<ref name="c">This is not a tower but a chimney and will soon be removed</ref> | 1362 ft | 419.7 m | 1987 | Chimney | Kazakhstan | Ekibastusz | Tallest chimney in the world
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| Tianjin Radio and Television Tower | 1362 ft | 415.2 m | 1991 | Concrete tower | People’s Republic of China | Tianjin
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| Central Radio and TV Tower | 1329 ft | 405 m | 1992 | Concrete tower | People’s Republic of China | Beijing
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| Kiev TV Tower | 1263 ft | 385 m | 1973 | Lattice tower | Ukraine | Kiev | Tallest lattice tower of the world
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| Inco Superstack<ref name="c"/> | 1263 ft | 385 m | 1971 | Chimney | Canada | Copper Cliff
|
| Gerbrandytoren Lopik | 1230 ft | 375 m | 1961 | Partially guyed tower | Netherlands | Lopik |
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| Tashkent Tower | 1230 ft | 374.9 m | 1985 | Steel tower | Uzbekistan | Tashkent |
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| Liberation Tower | 1220 ft | 372 m | 1996 | Concrete tower | Kuwait | Kuwait City |
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| Alma-Ata Tower | 1219 ft | 371.5 m | 1983 | Concrete tower | Kazakhstan | Alma-Ata |
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| Chimney of Homer City Generating Station<ref name="c"/> | 1217 ft | 371 m | 1977 | Chimney | U.S. | Homer City, Pennsylvania
|
| Kennecott Smokestack<ref name="c"/> | 1215 ft | 370.4 m | 1974 | Chimney | U.S. | Tooele, Utah |
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| Riga Radio and TV Tower | 1209 ft | 368.5 m | 1987 | Concrete tower | Latvia | Riga
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| Berliner Fernsehturm | 1207 ft | 368 m | 1969 | Concrete tower | Germany | Berlin
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| Chimney of Mitchell Power Plant<ref name="c"/> | 1206 ft | 367.6 m | 1971 | Chimney | U.S. | Moundsville, West Virginia
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| Trbovlje Chimney<ref name="c"/> | 1207 ft | 364 m | 1976 | Chimney | Slovenia | Trbovlje
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| Endesa Termic<ref name="c"/> | 1207 ft | 356 m | 1974 | Chimney | Spain | As Pontes, Galicia
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| Chimney of Phoenix Copper Smelter<ref name="c"/> | 1149 ft | 351.5 m | ? | Romania | Baia Mare
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| Stratosphere Tower | 1149 ft | 350.2 m | 1996 | Concrete tower | U.S. | Las Vegas
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| Chimney of Syrdarya Power Plant<ref name="c"/> | 1149 ft | 350 m | 1975 | Chimney | Uzbekhistan | Syrdarya
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| Yangtze River Crossing<ref name="p">This is not a tower but a power line pylon and will soon be removed</ref> | | 346.5m | 2003 | 2 lattice towers | People’s Republic of China | Jiangyin | Tallest pylons in the world
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| Chimney of Teruel Power Plant<ref name="c"/> | 1149 ft | 343 m | ? | Chimney | Spain | Teruel
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| Chimney of Plomin Power Station<ref name="c"/> | 1149 ft | 340 m | ? | Chimney | Croatia | Plomin |
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| West Pearl Tower | 1109 ft | 339 m | 2004 | Concrete tower | People’s Republic of China | Chengdu |
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| Macau Tower | 1109 ft | 338 m | 2001 | Concrete tower | People’s Republic of China | Macau |
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| Europaturm | 1107 ft | 337.5 m | 1979 | Concrete tower | Germany | Frankfurt/Main |
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| Chimney of Power Station Westerholt<ref name="c"/> | 1106 ft | 337 m | 1997? | Chimney | Germany | Gelsenkirchen |
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| Torrena | 1103 ft | 336.5 m | 2007 | Concrete tower | Mexico | Guadalajara
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| Chimney of Mountaineer Power Plant<ref name="c"/> | 1102 ft | 336.2 m | 1980 | Chimney | U.S. | New Haven, West Virginia
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| Dragon Tower | 1102 ft | 336 m | 2000 | Lattice tower | People’s Republic of China | Harbin
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| Tokyo Tower | 1091 ft | 332.6 m | 1958 | Lattice tower | Japan | Tokyo
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| Emley Moor TV Tower | 1084 ft | 330.4 m | 1970 | Concrete tower | United Kingdom | Emley Moor, Yorkshire |
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| Chimney of TETs5 <ref name="c"/> | 1078 ft | 330 m | ? | Chimney | Ukraina | Kharkiv
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| WITI TV Tower | 1078 ft | 329 m | 1962 | Lattice tower | U.S. | Shorewood, Wisconsin
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| Sky Tower | 1076 ft | 328 m | 1997 | Concrete tower | New Zealand | Auckland |
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| Vilnius TV Tower | 1073 ft | 327 m | 1980 | Concrete tower | Lithuania | Vilnius
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| Chimney of Maritza East Power Station<ref name="c"/> | 1063 ft | 325 m | 1977/1980 | Chimney | Bulgaria | Stara Zagora
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| Eiffel Tower | 1063 ft | 324 m | 1889 | Lattice tower | France | Paris
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| Jiangsu Nanjing TV Tower | 1045 ft | 318.5 m | 1996 | Concrete tower | People’s Republic of China | Nanjing
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| KCTV-Tower | 1042 ft | 317.6 m | 1956 | Lattice tower | U.S. | Kansas City, Missouri
|
| Chimney of Rockport Power Plant<ref name="c"/> | 1042 ft | 316.4 m | ? | Chimney | U.S. | ?
|
| Tallinn TV Tower | 1025 ft | 312.3 m | 1980 | Concrete tower | Estonia | Tallinn
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| TV Tower Yerevan | 1017 ft | 311.7 m | 1977 | Lattice tower | Armenia | Yerevan
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| Tortoise Mountain TV Tower | 1017 ft | 311.4 m | ? | Concrete tower | People’s Republic of China | Wuhan
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| 4Azeri TV Tower | 1017 ft | 310 m | 1996 | Concrete tower | Azerbaijan | Baku |
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| Chimney of Ugljevik Power Plant<ref name="c"/> | 1017 ft | 310 m | 1985 | Chimney | Bosnia | Ugljevik
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| St. Petersburg TV Tower | 1017 ft | 310 m | 1962 | Lattice tower | Russia | St. Petersburg |
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| Sydney Tower | 1014 ft | 309 m | 1981 | Concrete tower | Australia | Sydney
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| Chimney of Buschhaus Power Station<ref name="c"/> | 984 ft | 307 m | 1984 | Chimney | Germany | Helmstedt, Lower-Saxony |
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| Liaoning Broadcast and TV Tower | 1002 ft | 305.5 m | 1989 | Concrete tower | People’s Republic of China | Shenyang
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| Chimney of Cumberland Power Plant<ref name="c"/> | 1002 ft | 305 m | 1970 | Chimney | U.S. | Cumberland City, Tennessee |
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| Chimney of W. H. Sammis Power Plant, Unit 7 <ref name="c"/> | 1002 ft | 305 m | 1970 | Chimney | U.S. | Stratton, Ohio |
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| Chimney of Harrison Power Station <ref name="c"/> | 1002 ft | 305 m | 1972/1973 | Chimney | U.S. | Haywood, West Virginia |
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| Chimney of Kingston Power Plant<ref name="c"/> | 1002 ft | 305 m | 1976 | Chimney | U.S. | Kingston, Tennessee |
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| Chimney of Hal B. Wansley Power Plant <ref name="c"/> | 1002 ft | 305 m | 1976 | Chimney | U.S. | Carrollton, Georgia |
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| Chimney of Widows Creek Power Plant<ref name="c"/> | 1002 ft | 305 m | 1977 | Chimney | U.S. | Stevenson, Alabama |
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| Chimney of Harllee Branch Power Plant<ref name="c"/> | 1002 ft | 305 m | 1978 | Chimney | U.S. | Milledgeville, Georgia |
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| Chimney of Kyger Creek Power Plant<ref name="c"/> | 1002 ft | 305 m | 1980 | Chimney | U.S. | Gallipolis, Ohio |
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| Chimney of White Bluff Power Plant<ref name="c"/> | 1002 ft | 305 m | 1980 | Chimney | U.S. | Pine Bluff, Arkansas |
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| Chimney of Independence Power Plant<ref name="c"/> | 1002 ft | 305 m | 1983 | Chimney | U.S. | Newark, Arkansas |
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| Chimney of Robert W Scherer Power Plant<ref name="c"/> | 1002 ft | 305 m | 1983/1985 | Chimney | U.S. | Macon, Georgia
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| Chimney of Harrison Power Station Scrubber<ref name="c"/> | 1002 ft | 305 m | 1994 | Chimney | U.S. | Haywood, West Virginia
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| Chimney of Conemaugh Generating Station<ref name="c"/> | 1002 ft | 305 m | ? | Chimney | U.S. | State College, Ohio |
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| Chimney of Hayden Smelter<ref name="c"/> | 1002 ft | 305 m | ? | Chimney | U.S. | Hayden, Arizona |
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| Chimney of Plant Bowen Coal <ref name="c"/> | 1002 ft | 305 m | ? | Chimney | U.S. | Taylorsville, Georgia |
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| Zendstation Smilde | 996 ft | 303.5 m | 1959 | Partially guyed tower | Netherlands | Smilde
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| Chimney of HKW Chemnitz-Nord <ref name="c"/> | 1002 ft | 302 m | ? | Chimney | Germany | Chemnitz, Saxony |
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| Chimney of SASOL Synthetic Fuel Production Plant<ref name="c"/> | 1002 ft | 301 m | 1979 | Chimney | South Africa | Secunda |
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| Chimney of Lippendorf Power Station<ref name="c"/> | 984 ft | 300 m | 1967 | Chimney | Germany | Lippendorf | dismantled
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| Chimney of Tušimice Power Station<ref name="c"/> | 984 ft | 300 m | 1974 | Chimney | Czech | Tušimice |
|
| Chimney of Novaky Power Plant<ref name="c"/> | 984 ft | 300 m | 1976 | Chimney | Slovakia | Novaky |
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| Chimney of Scholven Power Station<ref name="c"/> | 984 ft | 300 m | 1976 | Chimney | Germany | Gelsenkirchen-Scholven |
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| Chimney of Chvaletice Power Station<ref name="c"/> | 984 ft | 300 m | 1977 | Chimney | Czech | Chvaletice |
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| Chimney of Clifty Creek Power Plant<ref name="c"/> | 984 ft | 300 m | 1978 | Chimney | ? | ? |
|
| Chimneys of Power Station Belchatow<ref name="c"/> | 984 ft | 300 m | 1979 | Chimney | Poland | Belchatow |
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| Chimney of Power Plant Jänschwalde<ref name="c"/> | 984 ft | 300 m | 1981 | Chimney | Germany | Jänschwalde |
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| Chimney of Duvha Power Station<ref name="c"/> | 984 ft | 300 m | 1982 | Chimney | South Africa | Witbank |
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| Chimney of Provence Power Station<ref name="c"/> | 984 ft | 300 m | 1984 | Chimney | France | Gardanne |
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| Chimney of STEAG Power Plant Walsum<ref name="c"/> | 984 ft | 300 m | 1988 | Chimney | Germany | Walsum, Northrhine-Westphalia |
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| Chimney of STEAG Power Plant Herne<ref name="c"/> | 984 ft | 300 m | 1989 | Chimney | Germany | Herne, Northrhine-Westphalia |
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| BRTN Toren | 984 ft | 300 m | 1996 | Concrete tower | Belgium | Sint-Pieters-Leeuw |
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| Chimney of Orot Rabin<ref name="c"/> | 984 ft | 300 m | 1997 | Chimney | Israel | Hadera |
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| Chimneys of Boxberg Power Station<ref name="c"/> | 984 ft | 300 m | ? | Chimney | Germany | Boxberg, Sachsen |
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| Mumbai Television Tower<ref name="c"/> | 984 ft | 300 m | ? | Lattice tower | India | Mumbai |
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| Chimney of Prunérov Power Station<ref name="c"/> | 984 ft | 300 m | ? | Chimney | Czech | Prunérov |
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| Chimney of Power Station Jaworzno<ref name="c"/> | 984 ft | 300 m | ? | Chimney | Poland | Jaworno |
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| Chimney of Power Station Kozienice<ref name="c"/> | 984 ft | 300 m | ? | Chimney | Poland | Kozienice |
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| Chimney of Power Station Warszawa-Kawcyn<ref name="c"/> | 984 ft | 300 m | ? | Chimney | Poland | Warszawa-Kawcyn |
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| Chimney of Thierbach Power Station<ref name="c"/> | 984 ft | 300 m | ? | Chimney | Germany | Espenhain | dismantled
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| Chimney of Marl-Chemiepark Power Station<ref name="c"/> | 984 ft | 300 m | ? | Chimney | Germany | Marl |
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| Sutro Tower | 984 ft | 295 m | 1973 | Steel tower | U.S. | San Francisco |
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| Zhuzhou Television Tower | 961 ft | 293 m | ? | Concrete tower | People’s Republic of China | Zhuzhou |
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| Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg | 958 ft | 292 m | 1977 | Concrete tower | Germany | Nuremberg |
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| Star Tower | 955 ft | 291 m | 1991 | Lattice tower | U.S. | Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Olympiaturm | 950 ft | 289.5 m | 1968 | Concrete tower | Germany | Munich |
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| Torre de Collserola | 946 ft | 288.4 m | 1992 | Concrete tower | Spain | Barcelona | partially guyed
|
| Dudelange Radio Tower | 926 ft | 285 m | 1957 | Lattice tower | Luxembourg | Dudelange |
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| Telemax | 926 ft | 282.2 m | 1992 | Concrete tower | Germany | Hannover |
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| Shijiazhuang TV-tower | 919 ft | 280 m | 1998 | Lattice tower | People’s Republic of China | Shijiazhuang |
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| Heinrich-Hertz-Turm | 918 ft | 279.7 m | 1968 | Concrete tower | Germany | Hamburg |
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| Central Plains Pearl TV Tower | 912 ft | 278 m | ? | Concrete tower | People’s Republic of China | Luoyang |
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| Georgia Tbilisi TV Broadcasting Tower | 901 ft | 274.5 m | 1955 | Steel tower | Georgia | Tbilisi |
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| Hillbrow Tower | 883 ft | 269 m | 1971 | Concrete tower | South Africa | Johannesburg |
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| Kaifeng TV Tower | 879 ft | 268 m | ? | Concrete tower | People’s Republic of China | Kaifeng |
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| Colonius | 873 ft | 266 m | 1981 | Concrete tower | Germany | Cologne |
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| Daqing Radio and Television Tower | 853 ft | 260 m | 1989 | Concrete tower | People’s Republic of China | Daqing |
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| Yangtze River Crossing Nanjing<ref name="p"/> | 837 ft | 257 m | 1992 | 2 concrete towers | People’s Republic of China | Nanjing |
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| Fernmeldeturm Kühkopf | 837 ft | 255 m | 1976 | Concrete tower | Germany | Koblenz-Kühkopf |
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| Pylons of Pearl River Crossing<ref name="p"/> | 830 ft | 253 m | 1987 | 2 lattice towers | People’s Republic of China | ? |
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| Donauturm | 827 ft | 252 m | 1964 | Concrete tower | Austria | Vienna
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| Fernsehturm Dresden-Wachwitz | 827 ft | 252 m | 1969 | Concrete tower | Germany | Dresden
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| Chimney of AES Tisza 2 Power Plant<ref name="c"/> | 820 ft | 250 m | 1974 | Chimney | Hungary | Tiszaujvaros |
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| Chimneys of Heilbronn Power Station<ref name="c"/> | 820 ft | 250 m | ? | Chimney | Germany | Heilbronn |
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| Swisscom-Sendeturm St. Chrischona | 820 ft | 250 m | 1984 | Concrete tower | Switzerland | St. Chrischona |
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| Chimneys of Altbach Power Station<ref name="c"/> | 820 ft | 250 m | 1994 | Chimney | Germany | Altbach |
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| Chimney of Wilhelmshaven Power Station<ref name="c"/> | 820 ft | 250 m | ? | Chimney | Germany | Wilhelmshaven |
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| Tower
| Year
| Country
| Town
| Pinnacle height
| Remarks
|
| Longwave transmitter Junglinster
| 1932
| Luxembourg
| Junglinster
| 250 m
| 3 towers, insulated against ground, height since 1980 216 m
|
| Shaanxi Provincial TV Tower
| 1987
| China
| Xian
| 245 m
|
| NSS Annapolis
| 1936
| United States
| Annapolis
| 243.8 m
| destroyed
|
| Central tower (Königs Wusterhausen)
| 1925
| Germany
| Königs Wusterhausen
| 243 m
| collapsed on November 15, 1972
|
| Kharkiv TV Tower
| ?
| Ukraine
| Kharkiv
| 242.5 m
|
|
| Orinoco River Crossing <ref name="p"/> | ? | Venezuela | ? | 240 m | Tallest electricity pylons in South America
|
| Seoul Tower
| 1975
| South Korea
| Seoul
| 239.7 m
|
| Menara TVRI
| 1994
| Indonesia
| Jakarta
| 239 m
|
| Foshan TV Tower
| ?
| China
| Foshan
| 238 m
|
| Endem TV Tower
| 2002
| Turkey
| Istanbul
| 236 m
|
| Chimneys of Navajo Generating Station<ref name="c"/>
| ?
| United States
| Page, Arizona
| 236 m
|
| Fernmeldeturm Bremen-Walle
| ?
| Germany
| Bremen-Walle
| 235.7 m
|
| Pitampura TV Tower
| ?
| India
| Delhi
| 235 m
|
| Rheinturm Düsseldorf
| 1981
| Germany
| Düsseldorf
| 234.2 m
|
| Chimney at Sines Refinery<ref name="c"/>
| ?
| Portugal
| Sines
| 234 m
|
| Fukuoka Tower
| 1989
| Japan
| Fukuoka
| 234 m
|
| Sentech Tower
| 1962
| South Africa
| Johannesburg
| 234 m
|
| Transmitter Wavre
| ?
| Belgium
| Wavre
| 232 m
|
| Qingdao TV Tower
| 1994
| China
| Quingdao
| 232 m
|
| WOR TV Tower
| 1949
| USA
| North Bergen, New Jersey
| 231.65 m
| dismantled
|
| Torre España
| 1982
| Spain
| Madrid
| 231 m
|
| Fernmeldeturm Kiel
| 1972
| Germany
| Kiel
| 230 m
|
| Friedrich-Clemens-Gerke Turm
| 1991
| Germany
| Cuxhaven
| 230 m
|
| Yangtze River Crossing Wuhu<ref name="p"/> | 2003 | China | ? | 229 m | Tallest electricity pylons used for HVDC
|
| Tower of the Americas
| 1968
| United States
| San Antonio, Texas
| 228.6 m
|
| Torre Espacial
| 1980
| Argentina
| Buenos Aires
| 228 m
|
| Elbe Crossing 2<ref name="p"/>
| 1976–1978
| Germany
| Stade
| 227 m
|
| Chusi-Crossing<ref name="p"/> | ? | Japan | Chusi | 226 m | Tallest electricity pylons in Japan
|
| Torre Mayor<ref name="s">Not a tower per definition on this page but a skyscraper. Will be removed from list soon</ref>
| 2003
| Mexico
| Mexico City
| 225.6 m
|
| City Gate
| 1996
| Israel
| Tel Aviv
| 225 m
|
| Daqi-Channel-Crossing<ref name="p"/> | 1997 | Japan | ? | 223 m |
|
| Fernmeldeturm Münster 42
| 1986
| Germany
| Münster
| 222.5 m
|
| Crystal Palace Transmitter
| 1950
| United Kingdom
| London, Surrey
| 222 m
|
| TV Tower Brest - Roc Trédudon
| 1974
| France
| Roc Trédudon
| 220 m
| partially guyed
|
| Overhead line crossing Suez Canal<ref name="p"/>
| 1998
| Egypt
|
| 221 m
|
| TV Tower Yekaterinburg
| ?
| Russia
| Yekaterinburg
| 220 m
| incomplete
|
| Florianturm
| 1959
| Germany
| Dortmund
| 219.6 m
|
| Brasilia TV Tower
| ?
| Brasilia
| Brasilia
| 218 m
|
| Jilin Broadcast&Television Tower
| 1996
| China
| Jilin
| 218 m
|
| Guangzhou TV Tower
| 1991
| China
| Guangzhou
| 217 m
|
| Fernsehturm Stuttgart
| 1956
| Germany
| Stuttgart-Degerloch
| 216.8 m
| World's first concrete TV tower
|
| Telecommunication Tower Arhus
| 1956
| Denmark
| Arhus
| 216.1 m
| Partially guyed
|
| Blosenbergturm
| 1937
| Switzerland
| Beromünster
| 216 m
| Insulated against ground
|
| Pyongyang TV Tower
| ?
| North Korea
| Pyongyang
| ?<ref name="h">Tower with unknown height, will soon be deleted</ref>
|
|
| Prague - Žižkov Television Tower
| 1992
| Czech Republic
| Prague
| 216 m
|
| LingBei-Channel-Crossing<ref name="p"/> | 1993 | Japan | ? | 214.5 m |
|
| Torre TV Bandeirantes
| 1997
| Brazil
| Sao Paulo
| 212 m
|
| Fernmeldeturm Berlin
| 1964
| Germany
| Berlin
| 212 m
|
| TV Tower Bol d'Air-Ougrée
| ?
| Belgium
| Bol d'Air-Ougrée
| 210 m
|
| Rousse TV Tower
| 1986
| Bulgaria
| Rousse
| 210 m
|
| Minaret of Hassan II Mosque
| 1993
| Maroc
| Casablanca
| 210 m
|
| Transmitter Hornisgrinde
| 1972
| Germany
| Hornisgrinde
| 206 m
|
| International Saddam Tower
| 1994
| Iraq
| Baghdad
| 205 m
| Now renamed
|
| Fuhrländer Wind Turbine Laasow<ref name="w">This is no true tower but a wind turbine base</ref>
| 2006
| Germany
| Laasow, Brandenburg
| 205 m
| 160 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 90 metres diametre
|
| Fernsehturm Donnersberg
| 1962
| Germany
| Donnersberg
| 204.82 m
|
| Fernmeldeturm Mannheim
| 1975
| Germany
| Mannheim
| 204.8 m
|
| TV tower Helpterberge
| 1981
| Germany
| Helpterberge
| 203.2 m
|
| TV Tower Avala
| 1965
| Serbia
| Belgrade-Avala
| 202.87 m
| destroyed on April 30, 1999
|
| Luohe-Crossing<ref name="p"/> | 1989 | China | ? | 202.5 m | pylons of reinforced concrete
|
| Woobang Tower
| 1992
| South Korea
| Daegu
| 202 m
|
| Pylons of Messina<ref name="p"/>
| 1957
| Italy
| Messina
| 200 m
| not used as pylons any more
|
| Stadtwerketurm
| 1967
| Germany
| Duisburg, Northrhine-Westphalia
| 200m
|
|
| Solar Tower Manzanares
| 1989
| Spain
| Manzanares
| 200 m
| destroyed
|
| Cooling tower of Niederaussem Power Station<ref> Not a true tower, but a cooling tower, more of a chimney, listed for deletion</ref>
|
| Germany
| Niederaußem, Northrhine-Westphalia
| 200 m
| World's tallest cooling tower
|
| Kamzik TV Tower
| 1975
| Slovakia
| Bratislava
| 200 m
|
| Guangdong TV Tower
| 1965
| China
| Guangdong
| 200 m
|
| VRT Zendmast Genk
| ?
| Belgium
| Genk
| 200 m
|
| Kherson TV Tower
| ?
| Ukraina
| Kherson
| 200 m
|
| Tower
| Year
| Country
| Town
| Pinnacle height
| Remarks
|
| KPN-Zendmast Waalhaven
| 1962
| Netherlands
| Rotterdam-Waalhaven
| 199 m
|
| Zendmast Roermond
| 1957
| Netherlands
| Roermond
| 197.7 m
|
| KPN Tower Hilversum
| 1973
| Netherlands
| Hilversum
| 196 m
|
| Transmission Tower Blessberg
| ?
| Germany
| Blessberg
| 195 m
|
| Telstra Tower
| 1980
| Australia
| Canberra
| 195 m
|
| Transmission Tower Mulhouse-Belvédère
| 1997
| France
| Mulhouse-Belvédère
| 194 m
|
| Fernmeldeturm Frauenkopf
| 1972
| Germany
| Stuttgart-Frauenkopf
| 192.4 m
|
| Dalian Radio and TV Tower
| ?
| China
| Dalian
| 190.5 m
|
| LORAN-C transmitter Carolina Beach
| ?
| USA
| Carolina Beach
| 190.5 m
| Insulated against ground
|
| TV Tower Bern-Bantiger
| 1996
| Switzerland
| Bern
| 190 m
|
| Transmission Tower Mühlacker
| 1934
| Germany
| Mühlacker
| 190 m
| Tallest timber-constructed transmission tower in the world, destroyed on 6 April 1945
|
| Calgary Tower
| 1967
| Canada
| Calgary
| 190 m
|
| Elbe Crossing 1<ref name="p"/>
| 1958-1962
| Germany
| Stade
| 189 m
|
| BT Tower
| 1964
| United Kingdom
| London
| 188 m
|
| Transmitter Sottens
| 1989
| Switzerland
| Sottens
| 188 m
|
| Transmitter Sottens, backup transmission tower
| 1931
| Switzerland
| Sottens
| ?
| Insulated against ground
|
| Cairo Tower
| 1961
| Egypt
| Cairo
| 187 m
|
| Uetlibergturm TV-tower
| 1990
| Switzerland
| Zurich-Uetliberg
| 186.7 m
|
| Azrieli Center Circular Tower<ref name="s"/>
| 1996
| Israel
| Tel Aviv
| 187 m
|
| Euromast
| 1962
| Netherlands
| Rotterdam
| 186 m
|
| Kuwait Towers
| 1976
| Kuwait
| Kuwait City
| 185 + 145.8 m Three tower
|
| TV tower Decquede
| 1959
| Germany
| Decquede
| 184.5 m
|
| Space Needle
| 1962
| United States
| Seattle
| 184 m
|
| i360
| 2008
| UK
| Brighton
| 183m
| Construction to begin 2007
|
| Criggion VLF transmitter
| 1941
| UK
| Criggion, Powys
| 182.9 m
| 3 towers, demolished
|
| Nagoya TV Tower
| 1954
| Japan
| Nagoya
| 180 m
|
| Fernmeldeturm Bungsberg
| 1977
| Germany
| Bungsberg
| 179 m
|
| Löffelstelz Transmitter
| 2000
| Germany
| Bad Mergentheim
| 179 m
|
| Anaconda Smelter Stack<ref name="c"/>
| 1919
| USA
| Anaconda, Montana
| 178.3 m
| Tallest brick chimney in the world
|
Stade Olympique tower
| 1987
| Canada
| Montreal
| 175.3 m
| The highest inclined tower in the world, with its 175-metre elevation and 45-degree angle.
|
| Odinstårnet
| 1935
| Denmark
| Odense
| 175 m
| destroyed on December 14, 1944
|
| Zendstation Markelo
| ?
| Netherlands
| Markelo
| 174.4 m
|
| New Brighton Tower
| 1900
| UK
| New Brighton
| 172.8 m
| destroyed
|
| San Jacinto Monument<ref name="st">This is not a tower but a tall statue or monument not intended for human access. This entry will be deleted. </ref>
| 1939
| United States
| San Jacinto
| 171 m
|
| Reunion Tower
| 1978
| United States
| Dallas
| 170.7 m
|
| Riyadh TV Tower
| 1981
| Saudi Arabia
| Riyad
| 170 m
|
| Spinnaker Tower
| 2005
| United Kingdom
| Portsmouth
| 170 m
|
| Washington Monument<ref name="st"/>
| 1884
| United States
| Washington, DC
| 169 m / 555 ft 5 in
|
| Zagreb TV Tower
| 1973
| Croatia
| Zagreb
| 169 m
|
| Azrieli Center Triangular Tower<ref name="s"/>
| 1996
| Israel
| Tel Aviv
| 169 m
|
| Fernmeldeturm Bödefeld
| ?
| Germany
| Schmallenberg-Bödefeld
| 168.7 m
|
| Näsinneula Observation Tower
| 1971
| Finland
| Tampere
| 168 m
| Located at Särkänniemi amusement park
|
| Transmitter Eifel-Bärbelkreuz
| 1985
| Germany
| Hellenthal-Bärbelkreuz
| 167 m
|
| Camlica TV Tower
| 1972
| Turkey
| Istanbul
| 166 m
|
| Transmitter Berlin-Tegel
| 1933
| Germany
| Berlin
| 165 m
| Timber construction, demolished on 16 December 1948
|
| Fernmeldeturm Bielefeld-Hühnenburg
| ?
| Germany
| Bielefeld-Hühnenburg
| 165 m
| also known as Fernmeldeturm Teutoburger Wald
|
| Sendeturm Dobratsch
| 1971
| Austria
| Dobratsch Mountain
| 165 m
| partially guyed
|
| Fernmeldeturm Heubach
| ?
| Germany
| Heubach
| 164.8 m
|
| Las Vegas Eiffel Tower
| 1999
| USA
| Las Vegas
| 164.6 m
| Replica of Eiffel Tower
|
| Sendeturm Ismaning
| 1932
| Germany
| Ismaning
| 163 m
| Timber construction, demolished on 16 March 1983
|
| TV Tower Ochsenkopf
| 1958
| Germany
| Ochsenkopf
| 163 m
|
| TV Tower Namur-Profondville
| ?
| Belgium
| Namur-Profondville
| 163 m
|
| Fernmeldeturm Ulm-Ermingen
| 1964
| Germany
| Ulm-Ermingen
| 162 m
|
| Ulm Münster
| 1377–1890
| Germany
| Ulm
| 161,5 m
| Tallest church tower in the world
|
| Fernmeldeturm Langenrehm
| ?
| Germany
| Rosengarten-Langenrehm
| 161 m
|
| Nozema TV Tower Lelystad
| 1975
| Netherlands
| Lelystad
| 161 m
|
| Shukhov Tower
| 1922
| Russia
| Moscow
| 160 m
| Hyperboloid structure
|
| Fernmeldeturm Leer-Nüttermoor
| ?
| Germany
| Leer-Nüttermoor
| 160 m
|
| Skylon Tower
| 1965
| Canada
| Niagara Falls
| 160 m
|
| Bosporus overhead line crossing III<ref name="p"/>
| 1999
| Turkey
| Istanbul
| 160 m
|
| Blackpool Tower
| 1894
| United Kingdom
| Blackpool
| 158 m
|
| Pylons of Cadiz<ref name="p"/>
| 1955
| Spain
| Cadiz
| 158 m
|
| Telecommunication Tower Plettenberg
| ?
| Germany
| Plettenberg
| 158 m
|
| Fernmeldeturm Essen
| ?
| Germany
| Essen
| 157.5 m
|
| Torre Picasso<ref name="s" />
| 1982
| Spain
| Madrid
| 157 m
| the tower is similar to World Trade center in New York
|
| Cologne Cathedral
| 1248-1880
| Germany
| Cologne
| 157 m
| Two towers
|
| TV Tower Tournai-Froidmont
| ?
| Belgium
| Tournai-Froidmont
| 157 m
|
| Snejanka tower
| ?
| Bulgaria
| Pamporovo - Mount Snejanka
| 156 m
| also known as Pamporovo TV Tower
|
| Zendstation Roosendaal
| 1986
| Netherlands
| Roosendaal
| 156 m
|
| Mesquite Tower
| 1990
| United States
| Mesquite, Texas
| 155.3 m
|
| Kaknästornet TV Tower
| 1964
| Sweden
| Stockholm
| 155 m
|
| Funkturm Arsenal
| ?
| Austria
| Vienna
| 155 m
|
| Nozema TV Tower Goes
| 1957
| Netherlands
| Goes
| 153.5 m
| also known as Nozema TV Tower
|
| Telecommunication Tower Willebadessen
| 1993
| Germany
| Willebadessen
| 152.5 m
| also known as Fernsehsender Eggegebirge
|
| Monumento Nacional de Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caidos <ref name="st" />
| 1940
| Spain
| El Escorial, Madrid
| 152.4 m
| Tallest memorial cross in the world
|
| Croydon Transmitter
| 1962
| UK
| London, Surrey
| 152 m
|
| BT Tower
| 1967
| United Kingdom
| Birmingham
| 152 m
|
| RKS Mělník-Chloumek
| ?
| Czech Republic
| Mělník
| 152 m
|
| RKS Dobrochov
| ?
| Czech Republic
| Dobrochov
| 152 m
|
| Rouen Cathedral
| 1145-1876
| France
| Rouen
| 151 m
|
| Funkturm Berlin
| 1926
| Germany
| Berlin
| 150 m
| Only observation tower standing on insulators
|
| Fernsehsender Ebbegebirge
| 1983
| Germany
| Herscheid
| 150 m
| Also known as Fernmeldeturm Waldberg
|
| Longwave transmitter Lahti
| 1927
| Finland
| Lahti
| 150 m
|
| RKS Liblice 1
| ?
| Czech Republic
| Liblice
| 150 m
|
| Sendeturm Wiederau
| 1935
| Germany
| Wiederau
| 150 m
| Timber construction, dismantled on 27 October 1953
|
| Mannesmann Tower Vienna
| 1954
| Germany
| Vienna
| 150 m
|
| TV Tower Leglise-Anlier
| ?
| Belgium
| Leglise-Anlier
| 150 m
|
| Juche Tower
| 1982
| North Korea
| Pyongyang
| 150 m
|
| Zendstation Maastricht
| ?
| Netherlands
| Maastricht
| 149.5 m
|
| KPN Tower Haarlem
| 1968
| Netherlands
| Haarlem
| 149 m
|
| KEMA Toren
| 1969
| Netherlands
| Arnhem
| 149 m
| also known as Tennet Tower or Tennet Toren
|
| Nordschwarzwaldturm
| 1974
| Germany
| Schömberg-Langenbrand
| 148 m
|
| St. Nikolai, Hamburg
| 1846-1877
| Germany
| Hamburg
| 147.3 m
| church ruin
|
| Sapporo TV Tower
| 1957
| Japan
| Saporro
| 147.2 m
|
| Pasilan linkkitorni
| 1983
| Finland
| Helsinki
| 146 m
|
| Fallturm Bremen
| 1990
| Germany
| Bremen
| 146 m
|
| Sendeturm Langenberg
| 1934
| Germany
| Velbert-Langenberg
| 145 m
| Timber construction, destroyed on 10 October 1935
|
| Sendeturm Hamburg-Billstedt
| 1934
| Germany
| Hamburg
| 145 m
| Timber construction, dismantled in September 1949
|
| Fernsehturm Waldenburg
| ?
| Germany
| Waldenburg
| 145 m
| partially guyed
|
| Funkübertragungsstelle Bergen 1
| ?
| Germany
| Soltau-Bergen
| 145 m
|
|
| Vasco da Gama Tower
| 1998
| Portugal
| Lisboa
| 145 m
|
| Strasbourg Cathedral
| 1176–1439
| France
| Strasbourg
| 144 m
|
| Nozema Tower Wormer
| 1968
| Netherlands
| Wormer
| 144 m
|
| Zigong TV Tower
| 1988
| China
| Zigong
| 143.6 m
|
| Karmsundet Powerline Crossing <ref name="p"/>
| ?
| Norway
| Karmsundet
| 143.5 m
|
| Westpoint tower <ref name="s"/>
| 2004
| Netherlands
| Tilburg
| 143.1 m
| 49 story apartment tower
|
| Zendstation Ugchelen
| 1959
| Netherlands
| Ugchelen
| 142 m
|
| TV Tower Aalen
| ?
| Germany
| Aalen
| 142 m
|
| Fernmeldeturm Jakobsberg
| 1978
| Germany
| Porta Westfalica-Jakobsberg
| 142 m
|
| Limfjorden Overhead powerline crossing 2<ref name="p"/>
| ?
| Denmark
| Raerup
| 141.7 m
|
| Fernmeldeturm Bremerhaven-Schiffdorf
| ?
| Germany
| Bremerhaven-Schiffdorf
| ?<ref name="h"/>
|
| VW-Tower
| 1958
| Germany
| Hannover
| 141 m
|
| Fernmeldeturm Hoherodskopf
| ?
| Germany
| Schotten-Hoherodskopf
| 141 m
|
| Sendeturm Jauerling
| 1958
| Austria
| Jauerling
| 141 m
| partially guyed
|
| Halsbrücker Esse <ref name="c"/>
| 1889
| Germany
| Halsbrücke
| 140 m
| Chimney built of bricks
|
| Transmitter Żórawina
| 1932
| Germany
| Żórawina, Poland
| 140 m
| Timber construction, dismantled in 1945
|
| Monte Mario Tower
| ?
| Italy
| Rome
| 140 m
|
| Nozema Zendstation Mierlo
| 1957
| Netherlands
| Mierlo
| 139.5 m
|
| Frémont Point Transmitter
| ?
| UK
| Fremont Point, Jersey
| 139 m
|
|
| Pylons of Voerde <ref name="p"/>
| 1926
| Germany
| Voerde
| 138 m
|
| Köhlbrand Powerline Crossing<ref name="p"/>
| ?
| Germany
| Hamburg
| 138 m
|
| Colonia-Hochhaus<ref name="s"/>
| 1973
| Germany
| Colonia
| 137.5 m
|
| Fernmeldeturm Ansbach
| ?
| Germany
| Ansbach
| 137.5 m
|
| Fernmeldeturm Hamburg-Bergedorf
| ?
| Germany
| Hamburg-Bergedorf
| 137.5 m
|
| Hohenstadt Transmission Tower
| ?
| Hohenstadt
| Germany
| 137 m
|
| Monas
| 1975
| Indonesia
| Jakarta
| 137 m
|
| Fernsehturm Schwerin-Zippendorf
| 1964
| Germany
| Schwerin-Zippendorf
| 136.5 m
|
| Montjuic Communications Tower
| 1992
| Spain
| Barcelona
| 136 m
|
| Telecommunication Tower Leichlingen
| ?
| Germany
| Leichlingen
| 136 m
|
| Transmission Tower Hardberg
| 1951
| Germany
| Hardberg
| 135 m
|
| Trollhättan TV Tower
| ?
| Sweden
| Trollhättan
| 135 m
|
| Transmission Tower Emley Moor
| 1956
| UK
| Emley Moor, Yorkshire
| 135 m
| dismantled
|
| Fernmeldeturm Wahnbeck
| 1974
| Germany
| Wahnbeck
| 134 m
|
| Telecommunication Tower Lohmar-Birk
| ?
| Germany
| Lohmar
| 134 m
|
| St. John's Beacon
| 1965
| UK
| Liverpool
| 133 m
|
| Nozema Zendstation The Hague
| 1965
| Netherlands
| The Hague
| 133 m
|
| Aufi
| 1963
| Germany
| Geislingen-Aufhausen
| 132 m
|
| TV-toren Ittervoort
| ?
| Netherlands
| Ittervoort
| 132 m
|
| Telecommunication Tower Leipzig
| ?
| Germany
| Leipzig
| 132 m
|
| Kyoto Tower
| 1964
| Japan
| Kyoto
| 131 m
|
| Pylons of Ghesm Crossing<ref name="p"/>
| 1984
| Iran
| Strait of Gheshm
| 130 m
| One pylon standing on a caisson in the sea
|
| TV Tower Nordhelle
| 1984
| Germany
| Nordhelle
| 130 m
|
| Telecommunication tower Großerlach
| 1985
| Germany
| Großerlach
| 130 m
|
| Zendstation Loon op Zand
| 1986
| Netherlands
| Loon op Zand
| 130 m
|
| KPN Tower<ref name="s"/>
| 2000
| Netherlands
| Rotterdam
| 130 m
|
| KUL Control Tower
| ?
| Malaysia
| Kuala-Lumpur
| 130 m
| tallest air-traffic control tower of the world
|
| Schapfen-Mill-Tower<ref name="silo">This is not a true tower but an industrial silo</ref>
| 2005
| Germany
| Ulm-Jungingen
| 130 m
| tallest silo in the world
|
| Armstrong Tower
| 1938
| USA
| Alpine, New Jersey
| 129.6 m
| site of the first FM broadcasts
|
| Telecommunication Tower Hüfingen
| 1976
| Germany
| Hüfingen
| 129 m
|
|
| Shukhov tower on the Oka River <ref name="p"/>
| 1929
| Russia
| Dzerzhinsk
| 128 m
| Hyperboloid structure
|
| Telecommunication Tower Wuppertal-Westfalenweg
| ?
| Germany
| Wuppertal
| 128 m
|
|
| Piatkowo TV Tower
| 1993 + 1955
| Poland
| Poznan
| 128 m + 76 m
|
| Sanctuary of Our Lady of Licheń
| 2004
| Poland
| Licheń
| 128 m
|
| Express Lift Tower | 1980-1982 | UK | Northampton, Northamptonshire | 127.45 m
|
| Torre Entel
| 1974
| Chile
| Santiago
| 127.4 m
|
| Pirelli Tower<ref name="s"/>
| 1959
| Italy
| Milano
| 127.1 m
|
| VLF transmitter Grimeton
| 1923
| Sweden
| Grimeton
| 127 m
|
| NBTel Tower
| ?
| Canada
| New Brunswick
| 127 m
|
| Raghadan Flagpole<ref name="flag">This structure is a flagpole, not a tower </ref>
| 2003
| Jordania
| Amman
| 126.8 m
|
| Sender Inselsberg
| 1939+1974
| Germany
| Inselsberg Mountain
| 43.31 + 126 m
|
| Dreamworld Tower
| 1997
| Dreamworld, Coomera
| Australia
| 126.5m
|
| Transmitter Beromünster, backup transmission tower
| 1937
| Switzerland
| Beromünster
| 126 m
| Insulated against ground
|
| Little Belt Overhead powerline crossing 2<ref name="p"/>
| ?
| Denmark
| Middelfart
| 125.3 m
|
| HBG Prangins
| 1931
| Switzerland
| Prangins
| 125 m
| two towers
|
| FMT 6 - Brackenheim
| ?
| Germany
| Brackenheim
| 125 m
|
| Craigkelly TV Tower
| ?
| UK
| Craigkelly
| 125 m
|
|
| Atakule Tower
| 1989
| Turkey
| Ankara
| 125 m
|
| Science Centre Tower
| 2001
| UK
| Glasgow
| 125 m
|
| OTE Tower
| ?
| Greece
| Thessaloniki
| ?
|
| Transmitter Nuremberg-Kleinreuth
| 1935
| Germany
| Nuremberg
| 124 m
| Timber construction, dismantled in 1935
|
| Transmitter Geiersberg
| ?
| Germany
| Geiersberg
| 124 m
|
| Tyholttårnet
| 1985
| Norway
| Trondheim
| 124 m
|
| Ayer Rajah Telecoms Tower
| ?
| Singapore
| Singapore
| ?
|
| Sender Brocken
| 1937+1974
| Germany
| Brocken Mountain
| 95 + 123 m
|
| Pääskyvuoren linkkitorni
| 1964
| Finland
| Turku
| 122 m
|
| Duisburg-Wanheim Powerline Rhine Crossing<ref name="p"/>
| ?
| Germany
| Duisburg
| 122 m
|
| Transmission Tower Lindenfels
| ?
| Germany
| Lindenfels
| 122 m
|
| TV Tower Swiety Krzyz
| ?
| Poland
| Swiety Krzyz
| 122 m
|
| Transmitter Boppard (partially guyed)
| ?
| Germany
| Boppard-Fleckertshöhe, Rhineland-Palatina, Germany
| 121 m
|
| Zendstation Megen
| 1980
| Netherlands
| Megen
| 121 m
|
| Fernmeldeturm Duisburg
|
| Germany
| Duisburg
| 121 m
|
| Longwave transmitter Motala
| 1927
| Sweden
| Motala
| 120 m
|
| Mannesmann Tower Hannover
| 1955
| Austria
| Hannover
| 120 m
|
| Henninger Turm
| 1961
| Germany
| Frankfurt/Main
| 120 m
| Silo with observation tower
|
| Chennevières Transmitter
| 1972
| France
| Chennevières-sur-Marne
| 120 m
|
| Directional Radio Tower Le Chasseral
| 1983
| Switzerland
| Le Chasseral
| 120 m
|
| Spire of Dublin <ref name="st"/>
| 2003
| Ireland
| Dublin
| 120 m
| World's tallest sculpture (serves no purpose other than aesthetics)
|
| Little Belt Overhead powerline crossing 1<ref name="p"/>
| ?
| Denmark
| Middelfart
| 119.5 m
|
| Little Belt Overhead powerline crossing 2<ref name="p"/>
| ?
| Denmark
| Middelfart
| 119.2 m
|
| Transmission Tower Hesselberg
| ?
| Germany
| Hesselberg
| 119 m
|
| Pylons of Duisburg-Rheinhausen<ref name="p"/>
| 1926
| Germany
| Duisburg-Rheinhausen
| 118.8 m
|
| Charwelton BT Tower
| ?
| United Kingdom
| Charwelton
| 118.3 m
|
| Transmitter Kalundborg
| 1927
| Denmark
| Kalundborg
| 118 m
|
| Radio Tower Gliwice
| 1935
| Poland
| Gliwice
| 118 m
| Tallest existing timber-constructed transmission tower
|
| Bayer Cross Leverkusen<ref name="light">This is not a tower but a neon-commercial</ref>
| 1958
| Germany
| Leverkusen
| 118 m
| Tallest light advertisement in the world
|
| Tryvannstårnet
| 1962
| Norway
| Oslo
| 118 m
|
| Kvitsoy-Tower
| 1981/82
| Norway
| Kvitsoy
| 117.5 m
|
| Lisebergstornet
| 1990
| Sweden
| Göteborg
| 116.1 m
|
| Observation tower of la Cité de l'Énergie
| ?
| Canada
| Shawinigan, Quebec
| 115 m
|
| Bernauer Birzel
| ?
| Germany
| Bernau
| 115 m
|
| Helgoland Radio Tower
| ?
| Germany
| Helgoland
| 115 m
| Additionally guyed
|
| Puerta de Europa <ref name="s"/>
| 1996
| Spain
| Madrid
| 115 m
| Two buildings with an inclination of 15º
|
| Pollonius
| 1992
| Germany
| Köln-Porz
| 115 m
|
| Transmitter Heilsberg
| 1935
| Germany
| Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland
| 115 m
| Timber construction, dismantled in 1940
|
| Pillar of third section of Gletscherbahn Kaprun<ref name="p"/>
| 1966 | Austria
| Kaprun
| 113.6 m
| Tallest support tower of aerial tramway in the world
|
| Little Belt Overhead powerline crossing 1<ref name="p"/>
| ?
| Denmark
| Middelfart
| 113.1 m
|
| Domtoren
| 1328
| Netherlands
| Utrecht
| 112.5 m
| Free standing medieval church tower, see also List of tallest churches
|
| Transmission Tower La Dole
| ?
| Switzerland
| La Dole
| 112 m
|
| Swingate Transmitter
| ?
| UK
| Swingate, Kent
| 111 m
| 3 towers
|
| AWA Tower
| 1938-39
| Australia
| Sydney, NSW
| 111 m
| 46m antenna tower atop building
|
| Bremen-Industriehafen Weser Powerline Crossing<ref name="p"/>
| ?
| Germany
| Bremen
| 111 m
| two parallel running powerlines
|
| Carlsberg Sky Tower
| 2004
| Singapore
| Sentosa Island
| 110 m | Tallest free standing observation tower in Asia
|
| Bytków Tower
| ?
| Poland
| Bytków
| 110 m
|
| Fleckendorf Radio Tower
| 1955
| Austria
| Ansfelden
| 110 m
|
| Transmitter Witthoh
| 1951
| Germany
| Emmingen-Liptingen
| 108 m
|
| Vitosha Mountain TV Tower
| ?
| Bulgaria
| Vitosha Mountain
| 108 m
|
| Tour Hertzienne TDF de Romainville
| 1984
| France
| Paris-Romainville
| 108 m
| also known as Tour Relais TDF
|
| Torre BBVA <ref> Unsourced tower probably a skyscraper</ref>
| 1979
| Spain
| Madrid
| 107 m
|
| Torre Jaume I
| 1931
| Spain
| Barcelona
| 107 m
| connected with Torre Sant Sebastia by an aerial tramway
|
| Transmitter Koblenz
| 1934
| Germany
| Koblenz
| 107 m
| Timber construction, dismantled in 1965
|
| Transmitter Trier
| 1935
| Germany
| Trier
| 107 m
| Timber construction, dismantled in 1948
|
| Yokosuka Microwave Communications Site | ? | Japan | Yokosuka | 106.7 m | demolished
|
| Radar Tower Bremerhaven | 1965 | Germany | Bremerhaven | 106.1 m
|
| Torre Windsor<ref name="s"/>
| 1975
| Spain
| Madrid
| 106 m
| the tower had a carasteristic gold shine
|
| Iglica<ref name="s"/>
| 1948
|
| Wroclaw
| 106 m
|
|
| Zendstation Amsterdam | 2002 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | 106 m
|
| Aalborgtårnet
| 1933
| Denmark
| Aalborg
| 105 m
|
| Orsoy Rhine Crossing <ref name="p"/>
| ?
| Germany
| Orsoy
| 105 m
|
| TV Tower Słupsk | 1991 | Poland | Słupsk | ?<ref name="h"/>
|
| Wannenberg Transmission Tower
| ?
| Germany
| Wannenberg
| 103 m
|
| Telecom Telecommunication Tower Heidelberg
| ?
| Germany
| Heidelberg
| 102 m
|
| Zakopane Radio Tower
| ?
| Poland
| Zakopane
| 102 m
|
| Transmitter Heilsberg
| 1930
| Germany
| Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland
| 102 m
| Twin timber construction, dismantled in 1940
|
| Telecommunication Tower of Munich postal destrict
| 1956
| Germany
| Munich
| 101.6 m
|
| Limfjorden Overhead powerline crossing 1<ref name="p"/>
| ?
| Denmark
| Raerup
| 101.2 m
|
| TV Tower Brotjacklriegel
| 1960
| Germany
| Brotjacklriegel
| 100.3 m
|
| Central Tower Deutsch-Altenburg Radio Station<ref name="unr">Unsourced tower</ref>
| 1925
| Austria
| Dutsch-Altenburg
| 100 m
| demolished
|
| Tour Perret
| 1925
| France
| Grenoble
| 100 m
|
| Transmitter Golm
| 1948
| Germany
| Golm
| 100 m
| Timber construction, dismantled on 25 October 1979
|
| Ještěd TV Tower
| 1968
| Czech Republic
| Jested
| 100 m
|
| Faro de Moncloa
| 1992
| Spain
| Madrid
| 100 m
|
| Transmitter Truc de Fortunio
| ?
| France
| Truc de Fortunio
| 100 m
|
| Osmolin Radio Tower
| ?
| Polen
| Osmolin
| 100 m
|
|
| Schöckl Transmitter
| 1956
| Austria
| Schöckl Mountain
| 100 m
|
| Gaisberg Transmitter
| 1956
| Austria
| Gaisberg Mountain
| 100 m
|
| Edifico Telefónica<ref name="unr"/>
| 1926
| Spain
| Madrid
|
| Tower
| Year
| Country
| Town
| Pinnacle height
| Remarks
|
| Minolta Tower
| 1962
| Canada
| Niagara Falls
| 99 m
|
| Vodafone-Funkturm Stuttgart-Vaihingen
| 1998
| Germany
| Stuttgart-Vaihingen
| 98.6 m
|
| Telecommunication Tower Wuppertal-Küllenhahn
| ?
| Germany
| Wuppertal
| 98.5 m
|
| Stokenchurch BT Tower
| ca.1966
| United Kingdom
| Stokenchurch
| 97.5 m
|
| Torii-Tower
| 1972
| Germany
| Gusborn
| 97 m
| Double tower
|
| Medium Wave Transmitter Romainville
| 1934
| France
| Romainville
| ?
| two towers
|
| Top of the World
| ?
| Germany
| Geiselwind
| 95 m
| Was former world's tallest transportable ride
|
| Pfänder Transmitter
| 1956
| Austria
| Pfänder Mountain
| 94.7 m
|
| Fernsehturm Kulpenberg
| 1964
| Germany
| Kulpenberg Mountain
| 94 m
|
| Transmitter Santa Maria di Galeria
| ?
| Italy
| Santa Maria di Galeria
| 94 m
| exclave of Vatican City
|
| Pillar of Gant Hohtaelli Aerial Tramway
| 1998
| Switzerland
| Zermatt
| 94 m
|
| Funkturm Stuttgart
| 1966
| Germany
| Stuttgart
| 93 m
|
| Directional Radio Tower Stuttgart-Möhringen
| 1975
| Germany
| Stuttgart
| 93 m
|
| Directional Radio Tower Ansfelden
| 1978
| Austria
| Ansfelden
| 93 m
|
| Directional Radio Tower Mühlacker
| 2004
| Germany
| Mühlacker
| 93 m
|
| Grünten Transmission Tower
| 1951
| Germany
| Grünten Mountain
| 92 m
|
| Eric Williams Plaza
| 1986
| Trinidad and Tobago
| Port-of-Spain
| 92 m
|
| Schorni
| ?
| Germany
| Schorndorf
| 90 m
|
| TVP 3 Katowice
| 1966
| Poland
| Katowice (Metropolis Katowice)
| 90 m
|
| Zendstation Zwollerkerspel
| 1985
| Netherlands
| Zwollerkerpsel
| 90 m
|
| Transmitter Puy de Dôme
| 1956
| France
| Puy de Dôme
| 89 m
|
| Hermesturm
| 1958
| Germany
| Hannover
| 88.8 m
|
| Sud Radio Transmitter Pic Blanc
| 1972
| Andorra
| Pic Blanc
| 86 m
| two towers
|
| Tour metallique de Fourviere
| 1894
| France
| Lyon
| 85.9 m
|
| Beyazit Fire Tower
| 1828
| Turkey
| Istanbul
| 85 m
|
| Laboe Naval Memorial
| 1936
| Germany
| Laboe
| 85 m
|
| Pillar II of Eibsee Aerial Tramway
| 1962
| Deutschland
| Garmisch-Partenkirchen
| 85 m
|
| Silistra TV Tower
| 1963
| Bulgaria
| Silistra
| 85 m
|
| 380kV-Ems-Overhead Powerline Crossing | ? | Germany | Mark (south of Weener) | 84 m |
|
| Cruz Del Tercer Milenio
| 2001
| Chile
| Coquimbo
| 83 m
|
| Fremersberg Tower
| ?
| Germany
| Baden-Baden
| 83 m
|
| Fernsehturm Heidelberg
| 1958
| Germany
| Heidelberg
| 82 m
|
| Mamayev Kurgan
|
| Russia
| Wolgograd
| 82 m
| Tallest statue in the world
|
| Sender Feldberg/Black Forest
| 195?/2003
| Germany
| Feldberg/Black Forest
| 82 m + 75 m
| Two towers built of concrete
|
| Sender Feldberg/Taunus
| 1950
| Germany
| Feldberg/Taunus
| ?
| Tower consisting of concrete basement and upper sections built of steel and wood
|
| Sunsphere
| 1982
| United States
| Knoxville
| 81.07 m
|
| Transmission site Landespolizeidirektion Karlsruhe | 1976 | Germany | Wildberg-Deckenpfronn | 81 m
|
| Clifton Hill Shot Tower
| 1882
| Australia
| Melbourne
| 80.16 m
|
| Fair Tower Cologne
| ?
| Germany
| Cologne
| 80 m
|
| Telecommunication Tower of US-Forces Heidelberg
| ?
| Germany
| Heidelberg
| 80 m
|
| Transmission Tower Les Ordons
| ?
| Switzerland
| Les Ordons
| 80 m
|
| AFNORTH Radio Tower
| ?
| Netherlands
| Brunssum
| 80 m
|
| Torre Sant Sebastia
| 1931
| Spain
| Barcelona
| 78 m
| connected with Torre Jaume I by an aerial tramway
|
| Torre dos Clérigos
| 1763
| Portugal
| Porto
| 76 m
| Granite stone
|
| Directional Radio Tower Konstantynow
| 1974
| Poland
| Gabin-Konstantynow
| 76 m
|
| Bell tower Olympic Stadium Berlin
| 1962
| Germany
| Berlin
| 75 m
|
| El Escorial
| 1584
| Spain
| Madrid
| 75 m
|
| Stadelheim Transmitter
| 1926
| Germany
| Munich-Stadelheim
| 75 m
| Twin timber construction, disused after December 1933
|
| Torre del Reformador
| 1935
| Guatemala
| Guatemala City
| 75 m
|
| Pylon in the artificial lake of Santa Maria
| 1959
| Switzerland
| Lake of Santa Maria
| 75 m
| Pylon in an artificial lake
|
| Puijo tower
| 1963
| Finland
| Puijo
| 75 m
|
| Water Tower Leverkusen-Bürrig
| 1978
| Germany
| Leverkusen
| 72.45 m
|
| Gonbad-e Qabus
| 1006
| Iran
| Golestan
| 72 m
| Built as a tomb for a King
|
| Radio Tower Colmar
| ?
| France
| Colmar
| 72 m
|
| Radio Tower Bonhoure
| ?
| France
| Toulouse
| 72 m
|
| Miskolc-Avas TV Tower
| 1966
| Hungary
| Miskolc
| 72 m
|
| Torres Blancas
| 1964
| Spain
| Madrid
| 71 m
| the tower was premied in 1979
|
| Transmission Tower Morschwiller
| ?
| France
| Morschwiller-le-Bas
| 70.50 m
|
| Zeesen short-wave transmitter (1931)
| 1931
| Germany
| Zeesen
| 70 m
| Timber construction, dismantled in 1939
|
| Ionosonde Juliusruh
| 1961
| Germany
| Juliusruh
| 70 m
|
| Transmission Tower Engelskirchen
| 1992
| Germany
| Engelskirchen
| 70 m
|
| Hot Springs Mountain Tower
| 1983
| USA
| Hot Springs Mountain
| 65.8 m
|
| Phoenix Shot Tower
| 1828
| USA
| Baltimore
| 65.53 m
|
| Reception Tower Utlandshörn
| 1935
| Germany
| Utlandshörn
| 65 m
| Timber construction, demolished in 1977
|
| Pylon test facility Mannheim
| 1959
| Germany
| Mannheim
| 65 m
|
| Pillar I of Eibsee Aerial Tramway
| 1962
| Deutschland
| Garmisch-Partenkirchen
| 65 m
|
| Windpark Holtriem
| 1998
| Germany
| Holtriem
| 65 m
|
| El Ángel
| 1902
| Mexico
| Mexico, City
|
|
| Radio Tower Rottenbuch
| 2002
| Germany
| Peiting
| 62.5 m
| Timber construction
|
| Fernmeldeturm Dissen
| ?
| Germany
| Dissen
| 61 m
|
| Transmitter Brookmans Park
| 1929
| UK
| Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire
| 60.96 m
|
| Petřínská rozhledna
| 1891
| Czech Republic
| Prague
| 60 m
|
| Tour hertzienne Sainte Foy la Grande
| ?
| France
| Sainte Foy la Grande
| 60 m
|
| Transmission Tower Ravoire
| ?
| Switzerland
| Martigny
| 60 m
|
| Jahrtausendturm
| 1999
| Germany
| Magdeburg
| 60 m
| Tallest timber-constructed observation tower
|
| Tour du Millénaire
| 2001
| Belgique
| Gedinne
| 60 m
| Timber-constructed observation tower
|
| Wardenclyffe Tower
| 1899
| United States
| Shoreham
| 57 m
| Timber construction, dismantled
|
| Grunewaldturm
| 1897-1899
| Germany
| Berlin
| 56 m
|
| Leaning Tower of Pisa
| 1173-1372
| Italia
| Pisa
| 55 m
|
| Transmission Tower Wendelstein
| 1964
| Germany
| Wendelstein Mountain
| 55 m
|
| Pyramidenkogel Tower
|
| Austria
| Pyramidenkogel
| 54 m
|
| Aerial test facility Brück
| 1963
| Germany
| Brück
| 54 m
| Twin timber construction
|
| TV Tower Mont du Chat
| ?
| France
| Mont du Chat
| 54 m
|
| Potzbergturm
| 1951
| Germany
| Föckelberg
| 53.5 m
|
| McGraw Tower
| 1891
| United States
| Ithaca, New York
| 53 m
|
| Panoraama Linnanmäki
| 1987
| Finland
| Helsinki
| 53 m
| Located at Linnanmäki amusement park
|
| Silo Tower Basel
| ?
| Switzerland
| Basel
| 52 m
|
| The Wrekin Transmitter
| ?
| UK
| The Wrekin, Shropshire
| 52 m
|
| Goldbergturm
| 1963
| Germany
| Sindelfingen
| 51 m
|
| Gauss Tower
| 1964
| Germany
| Dransfeld
| 51 m
|
| Sonnenbrink Tower
| 1974
| Germany
| Bad Essen
| ?
|
| Parachute Tower Katowice
| 1937
| Poland
| Katowice
| 50 m
|
| Patscherkofel Transmitter<ref name="u">This is a fully unremarkable tower of little height (<50 meters) and will be removed</ref>
| 1958
| Austria
| Patscherkofel Mountain
| 50 m
|
| Azadi Tower
| 1971
| Iran
| Teheran
| 50 m
|
| Transmission Tower Haute-Nendaze
| ?
| Switzerland
| Sion
| 50 m
|
| TV Tower Henley on Thames
| ?
| UK
| Henley on Thames, Berkshire
| 50 m
|
| Colossus of Eislingen
| 1980
| Germany
| Eislingen/Fils
| 47 m
|
| Funkturm Stuttgart-Burgholzhof
| 1989
| Germany
| Stuttgart
| 47 m
|
| Watkins' Tower
| 1891
| UK
| London
| 46 m
| never completed, dismantled
|
| Bierpinsel
| 1976
| Germany
| Berlin-Steglitz
| 46 m
|
| Towers of triangle antenna Langenberg
| 1935
| Germany
| Velbert-Langenberg
| 45 m
| Timber-built triangle, destroyed on 12 April 1945
|
| Phare de la méditerranée
| ?
| France
| Palavas les flot
| 45 m
|
| Gyrotour
| ?
| France
| Poitiers
| 45 m
|
| Linsentower
| 2005
| Germany
| Linsengericht
| 45 m
| Timber construction
|
| Observation Tower Blumenthal
| 2004
| Germany
| Blumenthal
| 45 m
| Timber construction
|
| Ypsilanti Water Tower
| 1890
| United States
| Ypsilanti, Michigan
| 45 m
| Joliet limestone
|
| Zoo Tower Copenhagen
| 1905
| Denmark
| Copenhagen
| 43.5 m
| Timber construction
|
| Goethe Tower
| 1931
| Germany
| Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen
| 43 m
| Timber construction
|
| Drochtersen Shot Tower
| ?
| Germany
| Drochtersen
| 42 m
|
| Watertower Mühlacker
| 1973
| Germany
| Mühlacker
| 42 m
|
| Chuderhüsi Tower
| 2001
| Switzerland
| Röthenbach
| 42 m
| Timber construction
|
| Hidden Radio Tower
| 2002
| Germany
| Stuttgart
| 42 m
|
| Eichberg Tower
| 2005
| Germany
| Emmendingen
| 41.19 m
|
| Teltschik Tower
| 2001
| Germany
| Wilhelmsfeld
| 41 m
| Timber construction
|
| Salbert Transmission Tower
| ?
| France
| Evette-Salbert
| 40 m
|
| Joseph's Cross
| 1896
| Germany
| Stolberg
| 38 m
|
| Wil Tower
| 2006
| Switzerland
| Wil
| 38 m
| Wood Tower
|
| Solar Observatory Tower Meudon
| 1964-1965
| France
| Meudon
| 36.47 m
|
| Hakenberg Victory Column
| 1975-1879
| Germany
| Fehrbellin
| 36 m
|
| Raiffeisen Observation Tower
| 1990
| Germany
| Aldorf
| 35 m
| Timber construction
|
| Observation Tower Castle Mountain
| 2002
| Germany
| Freiburg
| 35 m
| Timber construction
|
| Oberpfalz Tower
| 2000
| Germany
| Platte
| 35 m
| Wood Tower
|
| Toren de Vlinder
| 2003
| Netherlands
| Wageningen
| 35 m
| brick and glass
|
| Lemberg Tower
| 1899
| Germany
| Lemberg Mountain
| 33 m
|
| Berlin-Müggelberge TV Tower
| 1955
| Germany
| Berlin-Müggelberge
| 31 m
| incomplete
|
| Eugen-Keidel Tower
| ?
| Germany
| Schauinsland mountain
| 31 m
| Timber construction
|
| Water Tower Boeblingen-Waldburg
| 1928
| Germany
| Böblingen
| 31 m
|
| Atzelberg Tower
| 1980
| Germany
| Kelkheim
| 30.39 m
| Timber construction
|
| Fire observation Tower Rennbeck
| ?
| Germany
| Oer
| 30 m
| Timber construction
|
| Watts Towers
| 1921–1954
| United States of America
| Watts, California
| 30 m
| steel & mortar
|
| The Endless Column
| 1938
| Romania
| Târgu Jiu
| 29.33 m
| cast iron
|
| Müggelturm
| 1961
| Germany
| Berlin-Müggelberge
| 29 m
|
| Holzberg Tower
| 2004–2005
| Germany
| Malente
| 28 m
| Timber-constructed observation tower
|
| Idarkopfturm
| 1980
| Germany
| Idarkopf
| 28 m
| Timber construction
|
| Observation Tower Ahlbeck
| 1998
| Germany
| Ahlbeck
| ?
|
| Pylon 9108
| 1983
| Germany
| Fulda
| ?
| Electricity pylon for 110 kV on the roof of a shelter
|
| Water Tower Belvedere
| ?
| Germany
| Aachen
| ?
|
| Portland Observatory
| 1807
| USA
| Portland, Maine
| 26.2 m
| Timber construction
|
| Fruit Column
| –
| Germany
| Stuttgart
| 26 m
| Demountable monument
|
| Loth Tower
| 2003
| Switzerland
| Magglingen
| 25 m
| Timber construction
|
| Hochfirst Tower
| 1890
| Germany
| Titisee-Neustadt
| 25 m
| Additionally guyed
|
| Büchenbronn Observation Tower
| 1883
| Germany
| Büchenbronn
| 24.75 m
| Additionally guyed
|
| Salzkopfturm
| 1975
| Germany
| Salzkopf
| 24 m
| Timber construction
|
| Observation Tower Burgstall
| ?
| Austria
| Kirchberg/Donau
| 24 m
| Timber construction
|
| Ostlandkreuz
| 1950
| Germany
| Geislingen/Steige
| 22.7 m
|
| Tour du Belvédère
| 1898
| France
| Mulhouse-Belvédère
| 20 m
|
| NKR Ochsenbach
| 1970ies
| Germany
| Leimen-Ochsenbach
| 20 m
| Insulated against ground
|
| Krawutschke Tower
| 1972
| Germany
| Burgberg
| 13 m
| wood tower
|
The following towers consist of a free standing basement tower with a guyed radio mast on the top. The basement can be made of reinforced concrete or of lattice steel.