This is a list of the tallest lighthouse

Lighthouse

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s in the world.

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.

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 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 "=".

Order	|Name	Construction	|Image	|Height	|Steps	|Location	|Country	|Year	Remarks
*	Jeddah Light Jeddah Light Jeddah Light is an active lighthouse in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. With a height of approximately it has a credible claim to be the world's tallest lighthouse. It is located at the end of the outer pier on the north side of the entrance to Jeddah Seaport....	Concrete and steel		436 feet (132.9 m)		Jeddah Jeddah Jeddah, Jiddah, Jidda, or Jedda is a city located on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest sea port on the Red Sea, and the second largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh. The...	Saudi Arabia	?	"has a credible claim to be the world's tallest lighthouse"
*	Perry Memorial Monument Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial commemorates the Battle of Lake Erie, near Ohio's South Bass Island, in which Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry led a fleet to victory in one of the most significant naval battles to occur in the War of 1812...	granite		352 feet (107.3 m)		Put-in-Bay, Ohio Put-in-Bay, Ohio Put-in-Bay is a village located on South Bass Island in Put-in-Bay Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. Many believe that the name originates from some early maps of South Bass Island that showed the harbor being named Pudding Bay, probably because it was shaped like a pudding sack. The...	United States	1915	Tallest in North America North America North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
*	Yokohama Marine Tower Yokohama Marine Tower is a 106 metre high lattice tower with an observation deck at a height of 100 metres in Naka Ward, Yokohama, Japan.The light characteristic is marked by a flash every twenty seconds, whereby the light's colour is alternating red and green...	Steel skeletal		332 feet (101.2 m)		Yokohama Yokohama is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...	Japan	1961	Tallest in Japan
01	Île Vierge Lighthouse	Stone (granite Granite Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic... )		82.5 metres (271 ft)	397 400	Finistère Finistère Finistère is a département of France, in the extreme west of Brittany.-History:The name Finistère derives from the Latin Finis Terræ, meaning end of the earth, and may be compared with Land's End on the opposite side of the English Channel...	Early Modern France	1902	Tallest traditional
02	Lighthouse of Genoa	Stone		249 feet (75.9 m) 77 metres (252.6 ft)	365	Genoa Genoa Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....	Italy	1128	Tallest in the Mediterranean Mediterranean Basin In biogeography, the Mediterranean Basin refers to the lands around the Mediterranean Sea that have a Mediterranean climate, with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers, which supports characteristic Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub vegetation...
03	Phare de Gatteville Phare de Gatteville Phare de Gatteville, also known as Pointe de Barfleur Light, is an active lighthouse near Gatteville-le-Phare at the tip of Barfleur, Manche department, Basse-Normandie region, France...	Stone (granite Granite Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic... )		247 feet (75.3 m)	365	Gatteville-le-Phare Gatteville-le-Phare Gatteville-le-Phare is a commune in the Manche department in north-western France.-See also:*Communes of the Manche department*Antipodes Islands, the exact antipodes of Gatteville-le-Phare...	Early Modern France	1835
04	Lesnoy Mole Rear Range Light Lesnoy Mole Rear Range Light Lesnoy Mole Rear Range Light is an active lighthouse and range light in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is located in a dockyard area on the waterfront and guides ships into the commercial harbor of Saint Petersburg....	Metal		239 feet (72.8 m)		Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...	Russia		Tallest in Russia, tallest range light
05	Mulantou Lighthouse	Concrete		237 feet (72.2 m)	|	Hainan Hainan Hainan is the smallest province of the People's Republic of China . Although the province comprises some two hundred islands scattered among three archipelagos off the southern coast, of its land mass is Hainan Island , from which the province takes its name...	Mainland China	1995	Tallest in China
06	Baishamen Lighthouse	Concrete		236 feet (71.9 m)		Hainan Hainan Hainan is the smallest province of the People's Republic of China . Although the province comprises some two hundred islands scattered among three archipelagos off the southern coast, of its land mass is Hainan Island , from which the province takes its name...	Mainland China	2000+
07	Storozhenskiy Light Storozhenskiy Light Storozhenskiy Light , also known as Storozhno Light, is an active lighthouse in Lake Ladoga, in the Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located on a headland on the eastern side of the lake, separating the Svirsky lip of the lake from the Volkhov Bay, at the village of Storozhno.At a height of it is...	Stone		233 feet (71 m)		Lake Ladoga Lake Ladoga Lake Ladoga is a freshwater lake located in the Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia, not far from Saint Petersburg. It is the largest lake in Europe, and the 14th largest lake by area in the world.-Geography:...	Russia	1911
08=	Osinovetsky Light	Stone		233 feet (71 m)		Lake Ladoga Lake Ladoga Lake Ladoga is a freshwater lake located in the Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia, not far from Saint Petersburg. It is the largest lake in Europe, and the 14th largest lake by area in the world.-Geography:...	Russia	1910?
08=	Punta Penna Lighthouse Punta Penna Lighthouse Punta Penna Lighthouse is an active lighthouse in Abruzzo, Italy. At a height of it is the eighth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world, and the second tallest lighthouse in Italy after the Lantern of Genoa. It is located on strategically important spot in Via Madonna della Penna at the...	Concrete		233 feet (71 m)	307	Abruzzo Abruzzo Abruzzo is a region in Italy, its western border lying less than due east of Rome. Abruzzo borders the region of Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and south-west, Molise to the south-east, and the Adriatic Sea to the east...	Italy	1906
*	Vittoria Light Vittoria Light Vittoria Light also known as the Victory Lighthouse, is an active lighthouse in Trieste, Italy, serving the Gulf of Trieste. It is located on the hill of Gretta , off the Strada del Friuli...	Stone		223 feet (68 m)	285	Trieste Trieste Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...	Italy	1927
10=	Cordouan lighthouse Cordouan lighthouse Cordouan lighthouse is an active lighthouse located 7 km at sea, near the mouth of the Gironde estuary in France. At a height of it is the tenth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world....	Stone		223 feet (68 m)	311	Gironde Gironde For the Revolutionary party, see Girondists.Gironde is a common name for the Gironde estuary, where the mouths of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers merge, and for a department in the Aquitaine region situated in southwest France.-History:...	Early Modern France	1611
11	Recalada a Bahía Blanca Light Recalada a Bahía Blanca Light Recalada a Bahía Blanca Light, also known as Monte Hermoso Light or simply Recalada Light , is an active lighthouse in Monte Hermoso, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, marking the entrance to the Bahía Blanca...	Cast iron skeletal		220 feet (67.1 m)	311	Monte Hermoso Monte Hermoso Monte Hermoso is a town located on the Atlantic coast of Argentina, some east of the city of Bahía Blanca, in the south of the Province of Buenos Aires...	Argentina	1906	Tallest in the Southern Hemisphere Southern Hemisphere The Southern Hemisphere is the part of Earth that lies south of the equator. The word hemisphere literally means 'half ball' or "half sphere"...
12=	Planier Light Planier Light Planier Light is an active lighthouse on the small Île du Planier , from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. At a height of it is the twelfth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world....	Stone		216 feet (65.8 m)		Marseille Marseille Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...	Early Modern France	1959
12=	Maasvlakte Light Maasvlakte Light Maasvlakte Light is an inactive lighthouse in Maasvlakte, an industrial area in the city of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. At a height of it is the twelfth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world, as well as the second tallest concrete lighthouse in the world and the tallest Dutch...	Concrete		216 feet (65.8 m)	295	Maasvlakte Maasvlakte The Maasvlakte is part of Europoort, a harbour and industrial area near the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.-Creation:It was created in the 1960s by reclaiming land from the North Sea through dykes and sand suppletion. The sand for the suppletion was largely taken from the North Sea and the...	Netherlands	1974	Tallest in the Netherlands, inactive
14	Campen Lighthouse Campen Lighthouse Campen Lighthouse is an active lighthouse in the village Campen, by the Ems estuary, northwest of Emden, in the East Frisia region, state of Lower Saxony, Germany. At a height of it is the fourteenth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world and the tallest in Germany.The structure consists of...	Steel skeletal		213 feet (64.9 m)		Ems (river)	Germany	1891	Tallest in German
*	Phare d'Eckmühl Phare d'Eckmuhl The Phare d'Eckmühl, also known as Point Penmarc'h Light or Saint-Pierre Light, is an active lighthouse in Penmarc'h, Finistère department, Brittany, France. At a height of it is one of the tallest lighthouses in the world...	granite Granite Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...		213 feet (64.9 m)	307	Penmarc'h	Early Modern France	1897
15	Świnoujście Lighthouse Swinoujscie Lighthouse Świnoujście Lighthouse, also known as Swinemünde Lighthouse, is an active lighthouse in Świnoujście , Poland. At a height of it is the fifteenth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world, as well as the tallest brick lighthouse, and the tallest in Poland...	Brick		212 feet (64.6 m)	300	Świnoujście Swinoujscie Świnoujście is a city and seaport on the Baltic Sea and Szczecin Lagoon, located in the extreme north-west of Poland. It is situated mainly on the islands of Uznam and Wolin, but also occupies smaller islands, of which the largest is Karsibór island, once part of Usedom, now separated by a Piast...	Poland	1857	Tallest brick lighthouse, tallest in Poland
16	Adziogol Lighthouse Adziogol Lighthouse Adziogol Lighthouse , also known as Stanislav Range Rear Light, is a vertical lattice hyperboloid structure of steel bars, serving as an active lighthouse, about from Kherson, Ukraine...	Steel		211 feet (64.3 m)		Kherson Kherson Kherson is a city in southern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Kherson Oblast , and is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast. Kherson is an important port on the Black Sea and Dnieper River, and the home of a major ship-building industry...	Ukraine	1911	Tallest in Ukraine
17=	Chipiona Light Chipiona Light Chipiona Light, also known as Punta del Perro Light is an active lighthouse in Chipiona, in the province of Cádiz, Spain. At a height of it is the seventeenth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world, as well as the tallest in Spain.. It is located on Punta del Perro Chipiona Light, also...	Stone		205 feet (62.5 m)		Chipiona Chipiona Chipiona is a town and municipality located on the Atlantic coast in the province of Cádiz, Spain. According to the 2009 census, the city has a population of 18,583 inhabitants but this amount increases greatly during the summer holiday period. The town covers an area of 332kilometres...	Spain	1867	Tallest in Spain
17=	Bari Light Bari Light Bari Light, also known as Punta San Cataldo Light is an active lighthouse in Bari, Italy. At a height of it is the seventeenth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world...	Stone		205 feet (62.5 m)		Bari Bari Bari is the capital city of the province of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, in Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy after Naples, and is well known as a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas...	Italy	1869
19=	Aveiro Light Aveiro Light Aveiro Light, also known as Barra Light, is an active lighthouse in Aveiro, Portugal. At a height of it is the nineteenth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world, as well as the tallest in Portugal. The lighthouse is located on the south side of the entrance to the Aveiro lagoon, in Barra,...	Stone		203 feet (61.9 m)	291	Aveiro	Portugal	1893	Tallest in Portugal
19=	Calcanhar Lighthouse Calcanhar Lighthouse Calcanhar Lighthouse , also known as Touros Lighthouse, is an active lighthouse in Touros, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. At a height of it is the nineteenth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world, as well as the tallest in Brazil, and one of the tallest concrete lighthouses in the world.The...	Reinforced concrete		203 feet (61.9 m)	277	Touros Touros Touros is a municipality in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. It is known as "Brazil's Corner" because it's located at the northeast corner of the country, being the closest Brazilian city to Europe and Africa...	Brazil	1912	Tallest in Brazil
19=	El Rincón Light El Rincón Light El Rincón Light is an active lighthouse in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. At a height of it is the nineteenth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world, and one of the tallest concrete lighthouses in the world. Located about northeast of Pedro Luro on the Península Verde, it guards a...	Concrete		203 feet (61.9 m)		Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Province The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...	Argentina	1925
22	Voslapp Range Rear Light Voslapp Range Rear Light Voslapp Range Rear Light is an active lighthouse and range light in Voslapp, state of Lower Saxony, Germany. At a height of it is the twenty-second tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world. It is located south-southwest of Voslapp Range Front Light, behind the dike at the village of...	Concrete		202 feet (61.6 m)		Wilhelmshaven Wilhelmshaven Wilhelmshaven is a coastal town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the western side of the Jade Bight, a bay of the North Sea.-History:...	Germany	1962
23	Cape Hatteras Light Cape Hatteras Light Cape Hatteras Light is a lighthouse located on Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks of North Carolina near the community of Buxton, and is part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore....	Brick		200 feet (61 m)	268	Hatteras Island Hatteras Island Hatteras Island is a barrier island located off the North Carolina coast. Dividing the Atlantic Ocean and the Pamlico Sound, it runs parallel to the coast, forming a bend at Cape Hatteras. It is part of North Carolina's Outer Banks and includes the towns of Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo, Avon, Buxton,... , NC North Carolina North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...	United States	1870
24=	Roches-Douvres Light Roches-Douvres Light Roches-Douvres Light is an active lighthouse in Côtes-d'Armor France. At a height of it is the twenty-fourth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world....	Stone		197 feet (60 m)		Côtes-d'Armor Côtes-d'Armor Côtes-d'Armor is a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France.-History:Côtes-du-Nord was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Brittany. Its name was changed in 1990 to...	Early Modern France	1954
24=	Borkum Großer Light Borkum Großer Light Borkum Großer Light , also known as Borkum Neuer Light , is an active lighthouse on the island of Borkum, Leer district, state of Lower Saxony, Germany. At a height of it is the twenty-fourth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world, as well as the third tallest brick lighthouse in the world...	Brick		197 feet (60 m)		Borkum Borkum Borkum is an island and a municipality in the Leer District in Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany.-Geography:Borkum is bordered to the west by the Westerems strait , to the east by the Osterems strait, to the north by the North Sea, and to the south by the Wadden Sea...	Germany	1879
24=	Nosy Alañaña Light Nosy Alañaña Light Nosy Alañaña Light, also known as Île aux Prunes Light , is an active lighthouse in Île aux Prunes, Toamasina Province, Madagascar. At a height of it is the twenty-fourth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world, as well as the tallest in Africa...	Concrete		197 feet (60 m)		Toamasina Toamasina Province Toamasina is a former province of Madagascar with an area of 71,911 km². It had a population of 2,855,600 . Its capital was Toamasina, the most important seaport of the country....	Madagascar	1932	tallest in Africa Africa Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...