List of towers
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These are lists of tower
Tower
A tower is a tall structure, usually taller than it is wide, often by a significant margin. Towers are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires....

s
that fall under the definition of a tower which is a tall man-made structure, always taller than it is wide. 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 (or free-standing - no guy wires). Thus continuously habitable building
Building
In architecture, construction, engineering, real estate development and technology the word building may refer to one of the following:...

s and skyscrapers and radio and TV masts do not qualify. The bridges towers (pylons), chimneys, electricity pylon
Electricity pylon
A transmission tower is a tall structure, usually a steel lattice tower, used to support an overhead power line. They are used in high-voltage AC and DC systems, and come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes...

s, and most large statues allow human access for maintenance, but not as part of their normal operation, and are therefore not considered to be towers. These nonbuilding structure
Nonbuilding structure
Nonbuilding structures, also referred to simply as structures, are those not designed for continuous human occupancy. The term is used by architects and structural engineers to distinctly identify structures that are not buildings....

s could be found at List of tallest structures in the world.

The Tokyo Sky Tree, scheduled to be completed in December 2011, was topped out at 634 metres (2,080 ft) on 18 March 2011, making it the tallest tower, and second tallest structure in the world.

Towers taller than 250 metres

Rank Name Pinnacle height (meters) Pinnacle height (feet) Year Tower type Country City Remarks
1 Tokyo Sky Tree  634 m 2080 ft 2011 Steel tower  Japan Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

 
. Topped out at 18 March 2011
2 Canton Tower  600 m 1968 ft 2010 Concrete tower  Mainland China Guangzhou
Guangzhou
Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...

 
Tallest tower in the world 2009-2011
3 CN Tower
CN Tower
The CN Tower is a communications and observation tower in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Standing tall, it was completed in 1976, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure and world's tallest tower at the time. It held both records for 34 years until the completion of the Burj...

 
553.33 m 1815 ft 1976 Concrete tower  Canada Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

 
Tallest freestanding structure in the world 1975-2007, tallest structure in the western hemisphere.
4 Ostankino Tower
Ostankino Tower
Ostankino Tower is a free-standing television and radio tower in Moscow, Russia. Standing tall, Ostankino was designed by Nikolai Nikitin. It is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers, currently the tallest in Europe and 4th tallest in the world. The tower was the first free-standing...

 
540.1 m 1772 ft 1967 Concrete tower  Russia Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

 
Tallest freestanding structure in the world, 1967-1975, tallest in Europe. 2000 fire led to renovation.
5 Oriental Pearl Tower
Oriental Pearl Tower
The Oriental Pearl Tower is a TV tower in Shanghai, China. The Oriental Pearl Tower is located at the tip of Lujiazui in the Pudong district, by the side of Huangpu River, opposite of The Bund....

 
468.0 m 1535 ft 1994 Concrete tower  Mainland China Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...

 
Tallest structure in China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

, 1994-2007.
6 Milad Tower 435 m 1427 ft 2007 Concrete tower  Iran Tehran
Tehran
Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...

 
Tallest structure in Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

 since 2007
7 Menara Kuala Lumpur  421 m 1381 ft 1994 Concrete tower  Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

 
8 Tianjin Radio and Television Tower
Tianjin Radio and Television Tower
The Tianjin Radio and Television Tower is a 415.2 m tower in Tianjin, China used primarily for communication. It was built in 1991 at a cost of $45 million. Approximately two-thirds up the tower is an observation pod with floor space 253m...

 
415.2 m 1362 ft 1991 Concrete tower  Mainland China Tianjin
Tianjin
' is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is, thus, under direct administration of the central government...

 
9 Central Radio and TV Tower  405 m 1329 ft 1992 Concrete tower  Mainland China Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

 
10 Kiev TV Tower
Kiev TV Tower
The Kiev TV Tower is a 385-metre lattice steel tower built in 1973 in Kiev, Ukraine, for radio and television broadcasting. It is the tallest freestanding lattice steel construction in the world. The tower is not open to the public....

 
385 m 1263 ft 1973 Lattice tower  Ukraine Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

 
Tallest freestanding lattice tower in the world
11 Tashkent Tower
Tashkent Tower
The Tashkent Television Tower is a high tower, located in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Construction started in 1978 and it began operation 6 years later, on 15 January 1985. It was the 3rd tallest tower in the world from 1985 to 1991....

 
374.9 m 1230 ft 1985 Steel tower  Uzbekistan Tashkent
Tashkent
Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan and of the Tashkent Province. The officially registered population of the city in 2008 was about 2.2 million. Unofficial sources estimate the actual population may be as much as 4.45 million.-Early Islamic History:...

 
Tallest structure in Central Asia
12 Liberation Tower
Liberation Tower
The Liberation Tower is the second tallest structure in Kuwait. Construction of the tower commenced before the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990. It was meant to be called The Kuwait Telecommunications Tower....

 
372 m 1220 ft 1996 Concrete tower  Kuwait Kuwait City
Kuwait City
-Suburbs:Although the districts below are not usually recognized as suburbs, the following is a list of a few areas surrounding Kuwait city:Al-Salam ""السلام"" -Economy:...

 
Clad in ceramics
13 Almaty Tower  371.5 m 1219 ft 1983 Steel tower  Kazakhstan Almaty
Almaty
Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500...

 
14 Riga Radio and TV Tower
Riga Radio and TV Tower
The Riga Radio and TV Tower in Riga, Latvia is the tallest structure in the Baltic countries and in the European Union. It was built between 1979 and 1986 by USSR. Its highest point reaches 368.5 m , which makes it the third tallest tower in Europe and the 14th tallest tower in the world...

 
368.5 m 1209 ft 1987 Steel tower  Latvia Riga
Riga
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...

 
Tallest structure in the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...

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15 Berliner Fernsehturm  368 m 1207 ft 1969 Concrete tower  Germany Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

 
Tallest structure in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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16 Gerbrandy Tower
Gerbrandy Tower
The Gerbrandy Tower is a tower which was built in 1961 in the Netherlands.-Description:It is situated in IJsselstein. The Gerbrandy Tower is used for directional radio services and for FM- and TV-broadcasting. The Gerbrandy Tower consists of a concrete tower with a height of 100 meters on which a...

 
366.8 m 1203 ft 1961 Concrete tower IJsselstein
IJsselstein
IJsselstein is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. IJsselstein received city rights in 1331. IJsselstein owes its name to the river Hollandse IJssel which flows through the city....

 
Partially guyed
17 TV Tower Vinnytsia
TV Tower Vinnytsia
The TV Tower Vinnytsia is a 354 metre high guyed steel tube mast used for FM- and TV-transmission, located in Ukraine. A special feature of its structure are three crossbars arranged in 120 degree angles in two levels, running from its structure to the guys.TV Tower Vinnytsia is not the only...

 
354 m 1162 ft 1961 Steel tower  Ukraine Vinnytsia
Vinnytsia
Vinnytsia is a city located on the banks of the Southern Bug, in central Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Vinnytsia Oblast.-Names:...

 
Partially guyed
18 Stratosphere Tower  350.2 m 1149 ft 1996 Concrete tower  United States Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

 
Tallest observation tower in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

19 Lotus Tower
Peliyagoda Tower
The Peliyagoda Tower is a proposed 350 meters tall tower located in Peliyagoda, Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. The lotus-shaped tower will be used for communication and observation. Construction will cost $100 million, funded by China...

 
350 m 1149 ft 2013 Concrete tower  Sri Lanka Peliyagoda
Peliyagoda
Peliyagoda is a town and Urban Council in Gampaha District in the Western Province of Sri Lanka.As of 2001 it had an estimated population of 29,880.-References:...

 
Tallest structure in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

 and South Asia
South Asia
South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east...

20 West Pearl Tower
West Pearl Tower
West Pearl Tower is a tower built of reinforced concrete located in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. At high, the West Pearl Tower is the fourth tallest tower in China. West Pearl Tower started construction in 1992, but constructions was halted later in the year due to budgeting problems....

 
339 m 1109 ft 2004 Concrete tower  Mainland China Chengdu
Chengdu
Chengdu , formerly transliterated Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. It holds sub-provincial administrative status...

 
Tallest structure in Western China
21 Macau Tower
Macau Tower
Macau Tower Convention & Entertainment Centre , also known as Macau Tower, is a tower located in the former Portuguese colony of Macau, now a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. The tower measures 338 m in height from ground level to the highest point...

 
338 m 1109 ft 2001 Concrete tower  Macau Macau
Macau
Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...

 
22 Europaturm
Europaturm
The Europaturm is a 337.5 metre high telecommunications tower in Frankfurt am Main in Germany.-History:Designed by architect Erwin Heinle, the tower's construction began in 1974. At its completion five years later, it became the tallest free-standing structure in the Federal Republic of Germany...

 
337.5 m 1107 ft 1979 Concrete tower  Germany Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...

 
23 Dragon Tower  336 m 1102 ft 2000 Lattice tower  Mainland China Harbin
Harbin
Harbin ; Manchu language: , Harbin; Russian: Харби́н Kharbin ), is the capital and largest city of Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China, lying on the southern bank of the Songhua River...

 
24 Tokyo Tower
Tokyo Tower
is a communications and observation tower located in Shiba Park, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. At , it is the second tallest artificial structure in Japan. The structure is an Eiffel Tower-inspired lattice tower that is painted white and international orange to comply with air safety regulations.Built in...

 
332.6 m 1091 ft 1958 Lattice tower  Japan Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

 
Second tallest structure in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

25 Emley Moor TV Tower  330.4 m 1084 ft 1970 Concrete tower  United Kingdom Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....

 
Tallest freestanding structure in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

26 WITI TV Tower
WITI TV Tower
The WITI Tower in Milwaukee, Wisconsin was completed in August 1962 and was briefly the tallest free-standing tower in the world, rising . For many years, it was the tallest free-standing tower in the United States...

 
329 m 1078 ft 1962 Lattice tower  United States Shorewood
Shorewood, Wisconsin
Shorewood is a village in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 13,763 at the 2000 census. Howell Raines of The New York Times said in 1979 that "[t]his maplestudded town on Lake Michigan dotes on its reputation as Milwaukee's most liberal suburb."-Geography:Shorewood is...

 
27 Sky Tower
Sky Tower
The Sky Tower is an observation and telecommunications tower located on the corner of Victoria and Federal Streets in the Auckland CBD, Auckland City, New Zealand. It is tall, as measured from ground level to the top of the mast, making it the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern...

 
328 m 1076 ft 1997 Concrete tower  New Zealand Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
Tallest freestanding structure 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"...

28 WSB TV Tower
WSB TV Tower
The WSB-TV tower is a free-standing lattice tower in Atlanta, Georgia.WSB TV Tower was built in 1957 and at its completion was the tallest free-standing lattice tower in the United States. It is a free-standing lattice tower with a triangular cross section....

 
327.6 m 1075 ft 1957 Lattice tower  United States Atlanta 
29 Vilnius TV Tower
Vilnius TV Tower
The Vilnius TV Tower is a tower in the Karoliniškės microdistrict of Vilnius, Lithuania. It is the tallest structure in Lithuania, and is occupied by the SC Lithuanian Radio and Television Centre ....

 
327 m 1073 ft 1980 Concrete tower  Lithuania Vilnius
Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...

 
30 Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower is a puddle iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world...

 
324 m 1063 ft 1889 Lattice tower  Early Modern France Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

 
First structure to surpass 300 metres in height, tallest structure in the world (1889-1930).
31 WHDH-TV Tower
WHDH-TV Tower
The WHDH-TV tower is a free-standing lattice tower with triangular cross section used by WHDH-TV in Newton, Massachusetts. The tower was built in 1994 and stands tall...

 
323.8 m 1062 ft 1994 Lattice tower  United States Newton
Newton, Massachusetts
Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States bordered to the east by Boston. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of Newton was 85,146, making it the eleventh largest city in the state.-Villages:...

 
32 Vännäs TV Tower
Vännäs TV Tower
Vännäs TV Tower is a 323 metres tall structure used for FM- and TV-broadcasting near Vännäs in Sweden.It is like Gerbrandytoren a partially guyed tower with a concrete tower as basement and a mast guyed to the ground on the top...

 
323 m 1060 ft 1988 Concrete tower  Sweden Vännäs
Vännäs
Vännäs, from Wendenäs, ‘where the river changes it path’ is a locality that have existed since 1539. Vännäs is the seat of Vännäs Municipality in Västerbotten County, Sweden and had roughly 4,100 inhabitants in 2005....

 
Partially guyed
33 Rameswaram TV Tower
Rameswaram TV Tower
Rameswaram TV Tower is a free standing tower located in Rameswaram, India. Standing at 323 meters , it is the tallest structure in India. The tower is used by Doordarshan for television broadcasting. The main structure is made of Reinforced Cement Concrete and the mast is made of lattice steel....

 
323 m 1060 ft 1995 Concrete tower  India Rameswaram 
34 Höiåsmasten  320 m 1050 ft 1980 Concrete tower  Norway Halden
Halden
is a both a town and a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The seat of the municipality, Halden is a border town located at the Tista river delta on the Iddefjord, the southernmost border crossing between Norway and Sweden.-History:...

 
Partially guyed
35 Jiangsu Nanjing TV Tower
Jiangsu Nanjing TV Tower
The Jiangsu Nanjing TV Tower is free standing telecommunications and observation tower whose antenna reaches up to 318.5 meters . It was built in 1996 in Nanjing, China.-External links:* http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Teach/Nanjing-TV-tower.jpg...

 
318.5 m 1045 ft 1996 Concrete tower  Mainland China Nanjing
Nanjing
' is the capital of Jiangsu province in China and has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having been the capital of China on several occasions...

 
36 Aspire Tower
Aspire Tower
The Aspire Tower is a tall tower-like skyscraper located in the Doha Sports City complex in Doha, Qatar. Designed by architect Hadi Simaan and AREP and engineer Ove Arup and Partners, the tower served as the focal point for the 15th Asian Games hosted by Qatar in December 2006.The Aspire Tower is...

 
318 1043 ft 2007 Concrete tower  Qatar Doha
Doha
Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar...

 
3rd Tallest Tower In Middle East
37 KCTV-Tower  317.6 m 1042 ft 1956 Lattice tower  United States Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...

 
38 Atlanta Turner Broadcasting Tower
Atlanta Turner Broadcasting Tower
The Turner Broadcasting tower, built in 1967, was a free-standing lattice tower in Atlanta, Georgia, next to the Downtown Connector in midtown. It had a triangular cross-section, and was built on the site of a previous square broadcast tower built for WAGA-TV 5...

 
314.3 m 1031 ft 1980 Lattice tower  United States Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

 
39 Tallinn TV Tower
Tallinn TV Tower
The Tallinn TV Tower is a free-standing structure with an observation deck, built to provide better telecommunication services for the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics regatta event . It is located near Pirita, six km north-east of the Tallinn city center...

 
312.3 m 1025 ft 1980 Concrete tower  Estonia Tallinn
Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...

 
40 TV Tower Yerevan  311.7 m 1017 ft 1977 Lattice tower  Armenia Yerevan
Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...

 
The tallest towers of the Caucasus.
41 Tortoise Mountain TV Tower
Tortoise Mountain TV Tower
Tortoise Mountain TV Tower is a 311.4-metre high TV Tower at Wuhan, China. It is a concrete tower equipped with an observation deck in a height of 210 metres. It does not stand directly upon the hill, which is occupied by an ancient temple complex . Guishan TV Tower is China's first self-developed...

 
311.4 m 1017 ft ? Concrete tower  Mainland China Wuhan
Wuhan
Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province, People's Republic of China, and is the most populous city in Central China. It lies at the east of the Jianghan Plain, and the intersection of the middle reaches of the Yangtze and Han rivers...

 
42 St. Petersburg TV Tower  311.2 m 1021 ft 1962 Lattice tower  Russia St. Petersburg 
43 Azeri TV Tower
Azeri TV Tower
The Baku TV Tower , built in 1996, is a free standing concrete telecommunications tower in Baku, Azerbaijan. With a height of 310 metres , it is the tallest structure in Azerbaijan....

 
310 m 1017 ft 1996 Concrete tower  Azerbaijan Baku
Baku
Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...

 
44 Sydney Tower
Sydney Tower
Sydney Tower Eye is Sydney's tallest free-standing structure, and the second tallest in Australia...

 
309 m 1014 ft 1981 Concrete tower  Australia Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

 
45 Liaoning Broadcast and TV Tower
Liaoning Broadcast and TV Tower
The Liaoning Broadcast and Television Tower is a tall free-standing structure used for communication. It was built in 1989 in Shenyang, China and is 305.5 m tall. Within the "disk" of the tower, accessible through an elevator, there is an in-door observation deck, rotating restaurant, and a small...

 
305.5 m 1002 ft 1989 Concrete tower  Mainland China Shenyang
Shenyang
Shenyang , or Mukden , is the capital and largest city of Liaoning Province in Northeast China. Currently holding sub-provincial administrative status, the city was once known as Shengjing or Fengtianfu...

 
46 Fazilka TV Tower
Fazilka TV Tower
Fazilka TV Tower is a 304.8 metres tall free-standing lattice tower at Fazilka, India, which was completed in 2007 and which is used for FM-/TV-broadcasting in Punjab...

 
304.8 m 1000 ft 2007 Lattice tower  India Fazilka
Fazilka
Fazilka is a city and a municipal council and 22nd newest district in the state of Punjab, India and recently declared as District on July 27, 2011 consisting three subdivisions Fazilka, Jalalabad and Abohar besides three sub-tehsils Arniwala Sheikh Suban, Sito Guno and Khuian Sarwar.- History...

 
47 Zotino Tall Tower Observation Facility (ZOTTO)
Zotino Tall Tower Observation Facility
The Zotino Tall Tower Observation Facility is a climatic research station in the Siberian taiga in the proximity of Zotino, Russia, established and operated by the Max Planck Society and the Sukachev Institute of Forest, it serves as a long-term observing platform to be operated for at least 30...

 
304 m 997.4 ft 2006 Guyed mast  Russia Zotino 
48 Zendstation Smilde
Zendstation Smilde
Zendstation Smilde is a tall, guyed structure similar to the Gerbrandy Tower, built in Hoogersmilde, the Netherlands in 1959 for directional radio services and TV and FM-transmissions. It consists of an 80 metre high reinforced concrete tower and had until a fire accident on July 15, 2011, a guyed...

 
303.5 m 996 ft 1959 Concrete tower Smilde  Collapsed, Partially guyed
49 BRTN Toren  300 m 984 ft 1996 Concrete tower  Belgium Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
Sint-Pieters-Leeuw , is a Dutch-speaking municipality of Belgium located in the province of Flemish Brabant .The municipality comprises the towns of Oudenaken, Ruisbroek, Sint-Laureins-Berchem, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw proper and Vlezenbeek. On January 1, 2006 Sint-Pieters-Leeuw had a total population...

 
50 Mumbai Television Tower
Mumbai Television Tower
The Mumbai Television Tower is the television tower owned by Doordarshan, the state-broadcaster located in the city of Mumbai in India. It stands at 300 metres and is the third tallest man-made structure in India. The red and white tower is an open latticework structure...

 
300 m 984 ft ? Lattice tower  India Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

 
51 Sutro Tower
Sutro Tower
Sutro Tower is a three-pronged antenna tower near Clarendon Heights in San Francisco, California. Rising from a hill between Twin Peaks and Mount Sutro, it is a prominent part of the city skyline and a landmark for city residents and visitors...

 
295 m 984 ft 1973 Steel tower  United States San Francisco 
52 Zhuzhou Television Tower
Zhuzhou Television Tower
Zhuzhou Television Tower is a tall free standing telecommunications tower in Zhuzhou, China.- External links :*...

 
293 m 961 ft 1999 Concrete tower  Mainland China Zhuzhou
Zhuzhou
Zhuzhou , formerly Jianning, is a city in Hunan Province, China, southeast of Changsha beside the Xiangjiang River. It is part of the "ChangZhuTan Golden Triangle"...

 
53 Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg
Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg
The Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg, the tallest structure in Bavaria, is a telecommunication tower in Nuremberg, southern Germany. Also called the Nürnberger Ei because of its egg-shaped tower basket in a height of 185 metres, it is 292 metres high and was built between 1977 and 1980 according to...

 
292 m 958 ft 1977 Concrete tower  Germany Nuremberg
Nuremberg
Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...

 
54 Star Tower
Star Tower
Star Tower is a digital television and FM radio transmitting tower on Winton Road in the College Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. The three-legged lattice tower stands high. It was built for WSTR-TV, known as "Star64"...

 
291 m 955 ft 1991 Lattice tower  United States Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...

 
55 Olympiaturm
Olympiaturm
The Olympiaturm in Olympiapark, Munich has an overall height of 291 m and a weight of 52,500 tons. At a height of 190 m there is an observation platform as well as a small rock and roll museum housing various memorabilia. Since its opening in 1968 the tower has registered over 35 million visitors ....

 
289.5 m 950 ft 1968 Concrete tower  Germany Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

 
56 Torre de Collserola
Torre de Collserola
Torre de Collserola is a uniquely designed tower located on the Tibidabo hill in the Serra de Collserola, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was designed by architect Sir Norman Foster, and built in 1991 for the 1992 Summer Olympics. It features a pod for floor space like many towers but uses...

 
288.4 m 946.2 ft 1991 Concrete tower  Spain Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

 
Partially guyed
57 Dudelange Radio Tower
Dudelange Radio Tower
The Dudelange Radio Tower is a 285-metre high freestanding steel framework FM radio and television transmission tower near Dudelange in Luxembourg. Dudelange Radio Tower was completed in 1957....

 
285 m 926 ft 1957 Lattice tower  Luxembourg Dudelange
Dudelange
Dudelange is a commune with city status in southern Luxembourg. It is the fourth-most populous commune, with over 18,300 inhabitants. Dudelange is situated close to the border to France....

 
58 Telemax
Telemax
The Telemax is a telecommunication tower built from 1988 to 1992 in Hanover. The tower was designed by Hans U. Boeckler and is 272 metres high. The tower stands on a 10 metre high base building, which brings its overall height to 282 metres . Deutsche Telekom operates the tower.There is no...

 
282.2 m 926 ft 1992 Concrete tower  Germany Hannover 
59 Shijiazhuang TV-tower  280 m 919 ft 1998 Lattice tower  Mainland China Shijiazhuang
Shijiazhuang
Shijiazhuang is the capital and largest city of North China's Hebei province. Administratively a prefecture-level city, it is about south of Beijing...

 
60 Heinrich-Hertz-Turm
Heinrich-Hertz-Turm
The Heinrich-Hertz-Turm is a radio telecommunication tower and a famous landmark of Hamburg, Germany....

 
279.7 m 918 ft 1968 Concrete tower  Germany Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

 
61 Central Plains Pearl TV Tower  278 m 912 ft ? Concrete tower  Mainland China Luoyang
Luoyang
Luoyang is a prefecture-level city in western Henan province of Central China. It borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the east, Pingdingshan to the southeast, Nanyang to the south, Sanmenxia to the west, Jiyuan to the north, and Jiaozuo to the northeast.Situated on the central plain of...

 
61 DZEC-TV (Net 25 Tower) 276 m 905.5 ft 1990 Lattice tower  Philippines Quezon City
Quezon City
Quezon City is the former capital and the most populous city in the Philippines. Located on the island of Luzon, Quezon City is one of the cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila, the National Capital Region. The city was named after Manuel L...

 
62 Georgia Tbilisi TV Broadcasting Tower  274.5 m 901 ft 1955 Steel tower  Georgia (country) Tbilisi
Tbilisi
Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...

 
63 Hillbrow Tower
Hillbrow Tower
The Hillbrow Tower is a tall tower located in the suburb of Hillbrow in Johannesburg, South Africa. At , it has been the tallest structure and tower in Africa for 40 years, and it was also the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere until 1978, when surpassed by the 270m Mount Isa Chimney in...

 
269 m 882 ft 1971 Concrete tower  South Africa Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

 
64 Kaifeng TV Tower
Kaifeng TV Tower
Kaifeng TV Tower is a free standing telecommunications tower in Kaifeng, China. The tower has a height of 268 metres . It has also a revolving restaurant.-See also:* List of towers...

 
268 m 879 ft 905 ft Concrete tower  Mainland China Kaifeng
Kaifeng
Kaifeng , known previously by several names , is a prefecture-level city in east-central Henan province, Central China. Nearly 5 million people live in the metropolitan area...

 
65 Colonius
Colonius
Colonius is the Cologne telecommunications tower, which was finished in 1981. The Colonius possesses a cafeteria, viewing platform, and a restaurant, apart from antennas for radio relay and radio services within the VHF range. Because of a missing leaseholder, the visitor's area including...

 
266 m 873 ft 1981 Concrete tower  Germany Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...

 
67 Novorossiysk TV Tower
Novorossiysk TV Tower
Novorossiysk TV Tower is a 261 metres tall tower, used for FM- and TV-transmission at Novorossiysk in Russia. Novorossiysk TV Tower was completed in 1996.- External links :* http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=476725...

 
261 m 856 ft 1996 Concrete tower  Russia Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. It is the country's main port on the Black Sea and the leading Russian port for importing grain. It is one of the few cities honored with the title of the Hero City. Population: -History:...

 
68 Daqing Radio and Television Tower
Daqing Radio and Television Tower
Daqing Radio and Television Tower is a free standing telecommunications tower built in 1989 in Daqing, China. The tower is 260 m tall. It is the highest steel broadcasting tower in China....

 
260 m 853 ft 1989 Concrete tower  Mainland China Daqing
Daqing
Daqing is a prefecture-level city in the west of Heilongjiang province of Northeast China. The name literally means "Great Celebration".Its population is 2,904,532 at the 2010 census whom 1,042,902 in the built up area made of 4 out of 5 urban districts It was founded in 1959 to house workers...

 
69 Moscow Octod Tower
Moscow Octod Tower
Moscow Octod Tower is a 258 metre tall lattice tower in Moscow, Russia. The Moscow Octod Tower is a lattice tower used for FM- and TV-transmission in an unusual octagonal cross section. Construction work on Moscow Octod Tower started in 2004. It was completed in 2006. The owner of the tower is the...

 
258 m 846 ft 2006 Lattice tower  Russia Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

 
70 WTVR-TV
WTVR-TV
WTVR-TV, virtual channel 6, is a CBS television affiliate based in Richmond, Virginia owned by Local TV, the broadcasting arm of Oak Hill Capital Partners...

-Tower
257 m 843 ft 1953 Lattice tower  United States Richmond
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...

 
71 Fernmeldeturm Kühkopf
Fernmeldeturm Kühkopf
Fernmeldeturm Koblenz is a free standing telecommunications tower on the mountain Kühkopf near Koblenz, Germany. It was built between 1972 and 1976. The Fernmeldeturm Kühkopf is 255 m high and not accessible to visitors.- External links :...

 
255 m 837 ft 1976 Concrete tower  Germany Koblenz
Koblenz
Koblenz is a German city situated on both banks of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle, where the Deutsches Eck and its monument are situated.As Koblenz was one of the military posts established by Drusus about 8 BC, the...

 
72 Grodno TV Tower
Grodno TV Tower
Grodno TV Tower is a 254 metre tall lattice tower at Grodno, Belarus. Grodno TV Tower, which was built in 1984, is from unique design. Its top is similar to the Wavre Transmitter guyed at four crossbars.Grodno TV Tower is used for FM- and TV-broadcasting....

 
254 m 833 ft 1984 Lattice tower  Belarus Grodno 
73 Donauturm
Donauturm
The Vienna Donauturm[p] , opened in April 1964, is the tallest free-standing structure in Austria, at , the tallest structure in Austria, and among the 75 tallest towers in the world. The tower is located near the north bank of the Danube River in the district of Donaustadt. In the infobox there...

 
252 m 827 ft 1964 Concrete tower  Austria Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

 
74 Fernsehturm Dresden-Wachwitz
Fernsehturm Dresden-Wachwitz
The Fernsehturm Dresden-Wachwitz is a TV tower in Dresden, Germany. It is situated on the Wachwitzer Elbhöhen and serves as a transmitting tower for television and radio broadcasts. Due to its visibility over large distances and its unusual form, it has become a landmark of Dresden and the Elbe...

 
252 m 827 ft 1969 Concrete tower  Germany Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....

 
75 Swisscom-Sendeturm St. Chrischona
Swisscom-Sendeturm St. Chrischona
Swisscom-Sendeturm St. Chrischona is a communications tower built in 1980-1984 near Basel, Switzerland. It is located at near the St. Chrischona peak, on the territory of the municipality Bettingen, Basel-Stadt....

 
250 m 820 ft 1984 Concrete tower  Switzerland St. Chrischona 
76 Towers of Lafayette transmitter
Lafayette transmitter
Lafayette transmitter was a large facility used for transatlantic VLF-transmission, located at Marcheprime, Aquitaine, France. The Lafayette transmitter used an antenna, which was carried by eight free-standing lattice towers with triangular cross-sections, which were the second tallest...

 
250 m 820 ft 1920 Lattice tower  Early Modern France Marcheprime
Marcheprime
Marcheprime is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.-Population:-See also:*Communes of the Gironde department*Parc naturel régional des Landes de Gascogne...

 
8 towers, demolished between 1944 and 1953
77 Jeddah TV Tower
Jeddah TV Tower
The Jeddah TV Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia is a 250 metre high television tower with an observation deck. The tower was completed in 2006.-See also:*List of towers*Riyadh TV Tower...

 
250 m 820 ft 2007 Concrete tower  Saudi Arabia 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...

 


Towers between 200 and 250 metres tall

Tower Year Country Town Pinnacle height Remarks
Seto Digital Tower 2003  Japan Seto, Aichi 245 m
Shaanxi Provincial TV Tower
Shaanxi Provincial TV Tower
Shaanxi Provincial TV Tower is a free standing concrete telecommunications tower built in 1987 in Xian, China. It is tall.-External links:* http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/sh/?id=100222&txt=tv+tower&button=Search...

1987  Mainland China Xian 245 m
Astara TV Tower 1981  Azerbaijan Astara 244 m maybe +10 m
Vitebsk TV Tower 1983  Belarus Vitebsk 244 m maybe +10 m
NSS Annapolis
NSS Annapolis
NSS Annapolis, officially known as Naval Communications Station Washington, D.C. Transmitter or NavCommStaWashingtonDC, was a Very Low Frequency and High Frequency transmitter station operated by the United States Navy....

1936  United States Annapolis 243.8 m destroyed
Central tower (Königs Wusterhausen)
Central tower (Königs Wusterhausen)
Königs Wusterhausen Central Tower was a , free standing steel framework tower on the Funkerberg of Königs Wusterhausen, Germany. The tower, with its unique triangular cross section, was built from 1924 to 1925 and was to have a 40-meter high shortwave aerial on top which would have brought it to a...

1925  Germany Königs Wusterhausen 243 m collapsed on November 15, 1972
Kharkiv TV Tower
Kharkiv TV Tower
thumb|right|Kharkiv TV TowerKharkiv TV Tower is a 242.5 metres tall steel tower for FM-/TV-broadcasting in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It is of similar design of Kiev TV Tower, but has legs of a closed metal structure....

1981  Ukraine Kharkiv 242.5 m
Yakutsk TV Tower 1982  Russia Yakutsk 241 m
Birobidzhan TV Tower 1972  Russia Birobidzhan 241 m
Rheinturm Düsseldorf
Rheinturm Düsseldorf
The Rheinturm is a 240.5 metre high concrete telecommunications tower in Düsseldorf, capital of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Construction commenced in 1979 and finished in 1981. The Rheinturm carries aerials for directional radio, FM and TV transmitters...

1981  Germany Düsseldorf 240.5 m was 234.2 m before another antenna was mounted in 2004
N Seoul Tower
N Seoul Tower
N Seoul Tower is a communication and observation tower located on Namsan Mountain, central Seoul, South Korea. Built in 1969, at a cost of approximately $2.5 million, and opened to the public in 1980, the tower has been a symbol of Seoul and measures in height and tops out at above sea level. It...

1975  South Korea Seoul 239.7 m tower tops out at 479.7 m (1,574 ft) above sea level (it sits atop Namsan mountain
Namsan (Seoul)
Namsan is a 262-meter peak in the Jung-gu district of south central Seoul, South Korea. Although known as Mount Mongmyeok, or 목멱산, in the past, it is now commonly referred to as Namsan. It offers some hiking, recreation and views of downtown Seoul's skyline...

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Menara TVRI 1994  Indonesia Jakarta 239 m
Foshan TV Tower ?  Mainland China Foshan 238 m
Sentech Tower
Sentech Tower
Sentech Tower is a TV tower in the Brixton suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is a well-known and easily identifiable landmark in the city, alongside its architectural cousin, the Hillbrow Tower.-History:...

1962  South Africa Johannesburg 237 m
Tower of Power
Tower of Power (transmitter)
Tower of Power is a , 100,000 Watt TPO transmitter of GMA Network located in Tandang Sora, Barangay Culiat, Quezon City. It was inaugurated on November 7, 1988, the tallest man-made structure in the Philippines in 1988. The transmitter is currently the second tallest structure in Quezon City after...

1988  Philippines Quezon City
Quezon City
Quezon City is the former capital and the most populous city in the Philippines. Located on the island of Luzon, Quezon City is one of the cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila, the National Capital Region. The city was named after Manuel L...

236.8 m This transmitter can be used to transmit channel 27 on digital TV for its test broadcast.
Endem TV Tower
Endem TV Tower
Endem TV Tower is a 236 metre high TV Tower in Istanbul. It was built between 1998 and 2002 and has a revolving restaurant 154 metres above ground, as well as an observation deck at 160 metres.-External links:* http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=131417...

2002  Turkey Istanbul 236 m
Bremen-Walle Telecommunication Tower 1986  Germany Bremen-Walle 235.7 m
Pitampura TV Tower
Pitampura TV Tower
Pitampura TV Tower is a 235-metre-tall television tower, built in 1988, with an observation deck that is located in the northwest of New Delhi, India. Dilli Haat Pitampura is also situated near the TV tower.-History:...

1988  India Delhi 235 m
Fukuoka Tower
Fukuoka Tower
is a 234 metre tall tower located in the Momochihama area of Fukuoka, Japan. It is the tallest seaside tower in Japan. Fukuoka Tower was finished in 1989, taking a total of 14 months to build at a cost of ¥6,000,000,000. It was designed by Nikken Sekkei...

1989  Japan Fukuoka 234 m
Hughes Memorial Tower
Hughes Memorial Tower
The Hughes Memorial Tower is a radio tower located in Washington, D.C. at 6001 Georgia Avenue, near the intersection of 9th Street, NW, and Peabody Street, NW. Built on January 15, 1989, the tower is positioned at and at an elevation of above mean sea level. The tower is owned by the District of...

1989  United States Washington, DC 232 m
Transmitter Wavre ?  Belgium Wavre 232 m
Qingdao TV Tower
Qingdao TV Tower
Qingdao TV Tower is a 232 metres tall lattice transmission tower with an observation deck situated on the top of 116 metres high Taiping Hill in Julin Hill Park in Qingdao, China....

1994  Mainland China Qingdao 232 m
WOR TV Tower
WOR TV Tower
WOR TV Tower was a 760 foot tall lattice tower used for FM- and TV-broadcasting at North Bergen, New Jersey, USA. The 420 ton tower was built in 1949. At the time of its construction, it was the tenth tallest man-made structure in the world. At the beginning of 1953, the TV transmissions were...

1949  United States North Bergen, New Jersey 231.65 m dismantled
Torrespaña 1982  Spain Madrid 231 m
Fernmeldeturm Kiel
Fernmeldeturm Kiel
The Fernmeldeturm Kiel is a modern landmark of Kiel in Germany, completed in 1975. The 230 metre high tower, which is used for directional services and TV-, VHF- and UHF-transmission is not accessible to the public. The basket of this tower, which belongs to German Telekom Inc. has a diameter of...

1972  Germany Kiel 230 m
Friedrich-Clemens-Gerke Tower
Friedrich-Clemens-Gerke Tower
Friedrich Clemens Gerke Tower is a 230 metre tall telecommunication tower of reinforced concrete at Cuxhaven in Germany. Friedrich Clemens Gerke Tower, which is named after Friedrich Clemens Gerke, was completed in 1991 and is not accessible for tourists...

1991  Germany Cuxhaven 230 m
Ryan Tower
Ryan Tower
Ryan Tower is a tall guyed mast on the Clifford Slope of Camp Fortune in Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. Erected in 1968, its top is above sea level, making it the highest point in the Ottawa/Gatineau area and an easy-to-spot landmark....

1968  Canada Chelsea, Quebec
Chelsea, Quebec
Chelsea is a municipality located immediately north of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada and about 7 miles north of Ottawa. Chelsea is located within Canada's National Capital Region. In 2006 the population was 6,703....

228.9 m
Tower of the Americas
Tower of the Americas
Tower of the Americas is a 750-foot observation tower/restaurant in San Antonio, Texas. The tower was designed by San Antonio architect O'Neil Ford and was built as the theme structure of the 1968 World's Fair, HemisFair '68....

1968  United States San Antonio, Texas 228.6 m
ABS-CBN Tower 1969  Philippines Quezon City
Quezon City
Quezon City is the former capital and the most populous city in the Philippines. Located on the island of Luzon, Quezon City is one of the cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila, the National Capital Region. The city was named after Manuel L...

228.6 m formerly 198.1 meters, until it was rehabilitated in 2009, in preparation for its digital TV broadcast in the Philippines.
Torre Espacial
Torre Espacial
Torre Espacial or Torre Interama is a 228 metre -high observation tower in the Villa Soldati section of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The tower was built in 1980 in the Parque de la Ciudad amusement park, and has observation decks at 220, 124 and 185 metres of height. From the highest one it is possible...

1980  Argentina Buenos Aires 228 m
WLW Tower 1932  United States Mason, OH 227.7 m Originally 253 meters
Torre Mayor
Torre Mayor
The Torre Mayor is a skyscraper in Mexico City, United Mexican States. With a height of 225 metres to the top floor and 55 storeys, it's the second tallest building in Latin America, surpassed by Ocean Two in Panama City with 236 metres...

2003  Mexico Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

225 m
Brasilia TV Tower
Brasilia TV Tower
The Brasília TV Tower was completed in 1967 at a height of 218 meters, but in 1987 another 6 meter was added by the TV channel Bandeirantes. Now the TV Tower is 224 m height....

1965  Brazil Brasilia 224 m
Buková hora TV Tower
Buková hora TV Tower
Buková hora TV Tower is the tallest free-standing transmission tower in Czech . It is a 223 metre tall concrete tower situated...

1975  Czech Republic Bukova hora, Verneřice 223 m
Fernmeldeturm Münster 42 1986  Germany Münster 222.5 m
Crystal Palace Transmitter
Crystal Palace Transmitter
The Crystal Palace transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications site in the Crystal Palace area of the London Borough of Bromley, England .Its tower is the third-tallest structure in London...

1950  United Kingdom London, Surrey 222 m
Katanga TV Tower ??  India Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh 220 m
Tower A of the defense ministry 1974  Japan Tokyo, Shinjuku 220 m
Yekaterinburg TV Tower
Yekaterinburg TV Tower
Yekaterinburg TV Tower is a tall incomplete structure in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Construction works started 1983, but were on-hold at the beginning of the 1990s, as its shaft reached a height of 220 metres. According to plans, the tower was intended to reach a structural height greater than 400...

1989  Russia Yekaterinburg 220 m incomplete, projects 360~420 m
Florianturm
Florianturm
The Florianturm is a telecommunications tower and landmark of Dortmund . It is named after St. Florian, the patron saint of gardeners....

1959  Germany Dortmund 219.6 m
Jilin Broadcast&Television Tower 1996  Mainland China Jilin 218 m
Guangzhou TV Tower
Guangzhou TV Tower
Guangzhou Tower is a lattice telecommunication tower in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou with an observation deck, erected in 1991.A newer tower was completed in Guangzhou in October 2010, named Canton Tower that initially bore the name Guangzhou TV and Sightseeing Tower. It features...

1991  Mainland China Guangzhou 217 m
Fernsehturm Stuttgart
Fernsehturm Stuttgart
The Fernsehturm Stuttgart is the world's first TV tower built from concrete ....

1956  Germany Stuttgart-Degerloch 216.8 m World's first concrete TV tower
Blosenbergturm
Blosenbergturm
The Blosenbergturm is a transmitting tower in Beromünster, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, built in 1937 for the German language radio station DRS and radiating at an AM frequency of 531 kHz marking the bottom end of the official mediumwave broadcasting range. The Blosenbergturm has a height of...

1937  Switzerland Beromünster 216 m Insulated against ground
Prague - Žižkov Television Tower
Žižkov Television Tower
The Žižkov Television Tower is a unique transmitter tower built in Prague between 1985 and 1992. Designed by architect Václav Aulický and structural engineer Jiří Kozák, it stands high above the city's traditional skyline from its position on top of a hill in the district of Žižkov, from which it...

1992  Czech Republic Prague 216 m
Longwave transmitter Junglinster 1952  Luxembourg Junglinster
Junglinster
Junglinster is a commune and town in central Luxembourg in the district Grevenmacher with 5,813 inhabitants. Junglinster is known as the site of a transmitter., the town of Junglinster, which lies in the south of the commune, has a population of 2,224...

215 m 3 towers, insulated against ground, were 250 m before 1980
Kyshtym TV Tower ?  Russia Kyshtym 213 m
Yuryuzan TV Tower ?  Russia Yuryuzan 213 m
Fernmeldeturm Mannheim
Fernmeldeturm Mannheim
The Fernmeldeturm Mannheim is a 212.8 metre high concrete telecommunication tower with an observation deck in Mannheim, Germany. It was designed by the architects Heinle, Wischer und Partner and built from 1973 and 1975. It contains transmission facilities for UHR radio services, microwave...

1975  Germany Mannheim 212.8 m
Torre TV Bandeirantes
Torre TV Bandeirantes
Torre TV Bandeirantes is a 212 metre high TV Tower in Avenida Paulista, São Paulo, owned by brazilian television network Rede Bandeirantes. Torre TV Bandeirantes is a freestanding lattice tower not accessible to the public. It was completed in 1997 and it is one of the tallest freestanding towers...

1997  Brazil São Paulo 212 m
Fernmeldeturm Berlin
Fernmeldeturm Berlin
The Fernmeldeturm Berlin is a telecommunication tower located atop the Schäferberg hill in Berlin-Wannsee. The tower was built between 1961 and 1964, and is not open to the public...

1964  Germany Berlin 212 m
Cherepovets TV Tower 1969?  Russia Cherepovets 212 m
Zlatoust TV Tower 1983  Russia Zlatoust 211 m
TV Tower Bol d'Air-Ougrée ?  Belgium Bol d'Air-Ougrée 210 m
Minaret of Hassan II Mosque
Hassan II Mosque
The Hassan II Mosque is a religious building in Casablanca, Morocco. It is the largest mosque in the country and the 7th largest mosque in the world. Its minaret is the world's tallest at .It stands on a promontory looking out to the Atlantic...

1993  Morocco Casablanca 210 m
Arkhangelsk TV Tower 2003  Russia Arkhangelsk 208 m
Cimişlia TV Tower ?  Moldova Cimişlia 208 m
Transmitter Hornisgrinde 1972  Germany Hornisgrinde 206 m
Novosemeykino transmitter 1942  Russia Novosemeykino, Samara 205 m 4 towers, insulated against ground
Baghdad Tower 1994  Iraq Baghdad 205 m Now renamed
Donnersberg TV Tower 1962  Germany Donnersberg 204.82 m
Vyborg TV Tower 1966  Russia Vyborg 204.6 m
Avala TV Tower
Avala TV Tower
The Avala Tower is a tall telecommunication tower located on Avala mountain in the periphery of Belgrade. It was destroyed in NATO bombardment of Serbia on 29 April 1999. On 21 December 2006, the reconstruction of Avala Tower commenced and the tower was officially opened at a ceremony on 21 April...

1965  Serbia Avala
Avala
Avala is a mountain in Serbia, overlooking Belgrade. It is situated in the south-eastern corner of the city and provides a great panoramic view to Belgrade, Vojvodina and Šumadija, as the surrounding area on all sides is mostly a lowlands...

, near Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

204.5 m destroyed on April 29, 1999; reconstruction completed October 2009; tallest tower in Balkans
Edineţ TV Tower ?  Moldova Edineţ 204 m
Rousse TV Tower
Rousse TV Tower
The Rousse TV Tower is a 204-metre high TV tower built of reinforced concrete at Rousse, Bulgaria. Originally, the structure was constructed as a 206-metre-high TV tower with a cafe/restaurant on top and was the tallest one on the Balkan peninsula until 2001. In the 1990s an additional antenna was...

1987  Kingdom of Bulgaria Rousse 204 m
Daugavpils Radio and TV Tower ?  Latvia Daugavpils
Daugavpils
Daugavpils is a city in southeastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city gets its name. Daugavpils literally means "Daugava Castle". With a population of over 100,000, it is the second largest city in the country after the capital Riga, which is located some...

204 m
Valmiera Radio and TV Tower 1954  Latvia Valmiera
Valmiera
Valmiera is the largest city of the historical Vidzeme region, Latvia, with a total area of 18.1 km². It is the center of the Valmiera District. As of 2002, Valmiera had a population of 27,323, and in 2008 – 27,569....

204 m
Cesvaine Radio and TV Tower ?  Latvia Cesvaine
Cesvaine
Cesvaine is a town in Cesvaine municipality, Vidzeme Region, Latvia. It is home to the Cesvaine Palace, built in 1896 near the ruins of previous medieval castles....

204 m
Rēzekne Radio and TV Tower ?  Latvia Rēzekne
Rezekne
In the 19th century, the population of Rēzekne was 2/3 Jewish. As a result of the Pale of Settlement many Jews settled in Latgalia and were confined to the cities. The remainder of the population included Poles, Germans, Russians, and an extreme minority of native Latgalians...

204 m
TV tower Helpterberge 1981  Germany Helpterberge 203.2 m
Dundaga Radio and TV Tower ?  Latvia Dundaga
Dundaga
Dundaga is a village in Courland, Latvia. From 2009 its an administrative centre of Dundaga municipality.Dundaga is famous for its castle from late 13th century, constructed by Archbishopric of Riga. From the 16th until the 20th century, Dundaga Castle was the centre of the largest private estate...

203 m
Woobang Tower 1992  South Korea Daegu
Daegu
Daegu , also known as Taegu, and officially the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea, the fourth largest after Seoul, Busan, and Incheon, and the third largest metropolitan area in the country with over 2.5 million residents. The city is the capital and principal city of the...

202 m
TRK Orion Tower 2001  Russia Samara 201 m
Stadtwerketurm
Stadtwerketurm
Stadtwerketurm is a remarkable chimney of Duisburg. It was built in 1966/67 and consists of 4 tubes One of these tubes contains an elevator, the others are used for smoke guiding.-External links:* http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=47836...

1967  Germany Duisburg, Northrhine-Westphalia 200m
Solar Tower Manzanares
Solar updraft tower
The solar updraft tower is a renewable-energy power plant. It combines the chimney effect, the greenhouse effect and the wind turbine. Air is heated by sunshine and contained in a very large greenhouse-like structure around the base of a tall chimney, and the resulting convection causes air to...

1989  Spain Manzanares 200 m destroyed
Kamzik TV Tower
Kamzík TV Tower
The Kamzík TV Tower is a 200 metre tall television transmission tower in the Koliba area of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It sits 433 m AMSL on the Kamzík hill, part of the Little Carpathians, overlooking much of the city. The tower lies within the territory of the Bratislava Forest Park. It...

1975  Slovakia Bratislava 200 m
Guangdong TV Tower 1965  Mainland China Guangdong 200 m
VRT Zendmast Genk ?  Belgium Genk 200 m
Gomel TV Tower 1957  Belarus Gomel 200 m
Kherson TV Tower ?  Ukraine Kherson 200 m


Towers between 100 and 200 metres tall

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
Bantiger TV Tower
Bantiger TV Tower
Bantiger TV Tower is a 196 metre tall tower used for FM- and TV-transmission at on the Bantiger mountain, a mountain east of Berne situated in the municipality of Bolligen...

1996  Switzerland Bolligen
Bolligen
Bolligen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district of the canton of Bern, Switzerland.In the historical center is a twelfth-century church, with a benefice barn and parsonage from the 16th century.-Geography:...

196 m
Sky Tower Nishitōkyō 1988  Japan Nishitōkyō, Tokyo 195 m
Transmission Tower Blessberg ?  Germany Blessberg 195 m
Telstra Tower
Telstra Tower
Black Mountain Tower is a telecommunication tower that is situated above the summit of Black Mountain in Australia's capital city of Canberra...

1980  Australia Canberra 195 m
Transmission Tower Mulhouse-Belvédère 1997  Early Modern France Mulhouse-Belvédère 194 m
Fernmeldeturm Frauenkopf 1972  Germany Stuttgart-Frauenkopf 192.4 m
Gateway Arch
Gateway Arch
The Gateway Arch, or Gateway to the West, is an arch that is the centerpiece of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis, Missouri. It was built as a monument to the westward expansion of the United States...

1965  United States St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

192 m
Dalian Radio and TV Tower ?  Mainland China Dalian 190.5 m
LORAN-C transmitter Carolina Beach
LORAN-C transmitter Carolina Beach
LORAN-C transmitter Carolina Beach is the Zulu secondary station of the U.S. Southeast chain with a transmission power of 800 kW....

?  United States Carolina Beach 190.5 m Insulated against ground, collapsed in 1963
380kV Thames Crossing
380kV Thames Crossing
There are a number of substantial overhead powerline river crossings in the United Kingdom.The tallest electricity pylons in the UK are those of the 380kV Thames Crossing, at West Thurrock, which are 190 m high. These were constructed by BICC in 1965...

1965  United Kingdom West Thurrock
West Thurrock
West Thurrock is a traditional Church of England parish and town in Thurrock, Essex, England, located 17.5 miles east south-east of Charing Cross, London.-Location:...

190 m
Transmission Tower Mühlacker
Transmitter Muehlacker
The Mühlacker Broadcasting Transmission Facility is a radio transmission facility near Mühlacker, Germany, first put into service in 1930. It uses two guyed steel tube masts as aerials and one guyed steel framework mast, which are insulated against ground. It has two transmission aerials for...

1934  Germany Mühlacker 190 m Tallest timber-constructed transmission tower in the world, destroyed on 6 April 1945
Transmitter Sottens, old transmission tower 1948  Switzerland Sottens 190 m demolished in 1989, insulated against ground
Calgary Tower
Calgary Tower
The Calgary Tower is a 191 metre free standing observation tower in Downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Originally called the Husky Tower, it was conceived as a joint venture between Marathon Realty Company Limited and Husky Oil as part of an urban renewal plan and to celebrate Canada's centennial...

1967  Canada Calgary 190 m
Cambridge Bay LORAN Tower
Cambridge Bay LORAN Tower
Cambridge Bay LORAN Tower is a tall free-standing lattice tower at Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada. It was built in 1947/48 for LORAN transmissions. Today the tower is used as a Non-directional beacon and is often called to the "CB" beacon after the morse code letters that it transmits on 245 kHz,...

1948  Canada Cambridge Bay 189 m
BT Tower
BT Tower
The BT Tower is a tall cylindrical building in London, United Kingdom, located at 60 Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia W1T 4JZ, London Borough of Camden. It has been previously known as the Post Office Tower, the London Telecom Tower and the British Telecom Tower. The main structure is tall, with a...

1964  United Kingdom London 188 m
Cairo Tower
Cairo Tower
The Cairo Tower is a free-standing concrete tower located in Cairo, Egypt. At , it has been the tallest structure in Egypt and North Africa for 50 years...

1961  Egypt Cairo 188 m
Kuwait Towers
Kuwait Towers
The Kuwait Towers are three towers of reinforced concrete in Kuwait City. The main tower is 187 metres high and serves as a restaurant and water tower. It also has a Viewing Sphere which rises to 123 metres above sea level and completes a full turn every 30 minutes. The second tower is 145.8 metres...

1979  Kuwait Kuwait City 187 m
Uetliberg TV Tower 1990  Switzerland Zurich-Uetliberg 186.7 m
Euromast
Euromast
The Euromast is a tower in Rotterdam constructed between 1958 and 1960, designed by Hugh Maaskant. It was specially built for the 1960 Floriade. It is a concrete building with an internal diameter of and a wall thickness of 30 centimetres . For stability it is built on a concrete block of...

1962  Netherlands Rotterdam 186 m
Santa Palomba transmitter
Santa Palomba transmitter
Santa Palomba transmitter is a facility of RAI, used for medium-wave broadcasting near Santa Palomba at . It works on 846 kHz and 1332 kHz. On the first frequency, it can be easily received throughout Europe at night time....

, Main tower
1929  Italy Santa Palomba 186 m Free-standing lattice tower equipped with cage antenna for mediumwave broadcasting
Kuwait Towers
Kuwait Towers
The Kuwait Towers are three towers of reinforced concrete in Kuwait City. The main tower is 187 metres high and serves as a restaurant and water tower. It also has a Viewing Sphere which rises to 123 metres above sea level and completes a full turn every 30 minutes. The second tower is 145.8 metres...

1976  Kuwait Kuwait City 185 + 145.8 m Three tower
TV tower Decquede 1959  Germany Decquede 184.5 m
Space Needle
Space Needle
The Space Needle is a tower in Seattle, Washington and is a major landmark of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States and a symbol of Seattle. Located at the Seattle Center, it was built for the 1962 World's Fair, during which time nearly 20,000 people a day used the elevators, with over...

1962  United States Seattle 184 m
Criggion VLF transmitter
Criggion VLF transmitter
Criggion radio station was a transmitter site latterly operated by BT on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence. It was located near the village of Criggion in the parish of Bausley with Criggion, which lies in the county of Powys, Wales...

1941  United Kingdom Criggion, Powys 182.9 m 3 towers, demolished
Launch Pad 39B 2009  United States John F. Kennedy Space Center, FL
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

182.88 m 3 lightning masts for Ares I
Ares I
Ares I was the crew launch vehicle that was being developed by NASA as part of the Constellation Program. The name "Ares" refers to the Greek deity Ares, who is identified with the Roman god Mars...

 rocket
Latin American Tower 1956  Mexico Mexico City 182 m
Titanium La Portada
Titanium La Portada
The Torre Titanium La Portada is an office building in Santiago, Chile. Located in the capital's high-end financial district of El Golf, it is the tallest skyscraper in the country. Construction began in January 2007, and was completed in January 2010...

2008  Chile Santiago 181 m
Nagoya TV Tower
Nagoya TV tower
The is an electric wave tower in Nagoya, central Japan.- History :It is the oldest TV tower in Japan, and was completed in 1954. It is located in the centre of Hisaya Ōdori Park. The tower is 180 metres high, and has two main observation decks at the heights of 90 metres and 100 metres...

1954  Japan Nagoya 180 m
PL Peace Tower 1970  Japan Tondabayashi 180 m
Kuldīga Radio and TV Transmitter ?  Latvia Kuldīga
Kuldiga
Kuldīga is a town in western Latvia. It is the center of Kuldīga municipality with a population of approximately 13,500.Kuldīga was first mentioned in 1242. It joined the Hanseatic League in 1368...

180 m
Gori TV Broadcasting Tower
Gori TV Broadcasting Tower
Gori TV Broadcasting Tower is a free-standing tower structure used for communications purposes. The tower is located in Gori, Georgia and was built in 1972. It is operated by "Telecenter of Georgia", that was established 1955. Communication systems on the tower include regular broadcast, MMDS,...

1972  Georgia (country) Gori
Gori, Georgia
Gori is a city in eastern Georgia, which serves as the regional capital of Shida Kartli and the centre of the homonymous administrative district. The name is from Georgian gora , that is, "heap", or "hill"...

180 m
Telecommunication Tower Bungsberg 1977  Germany Bungsberg 179 m
Löffelstelz Transmitter
Löffelstelz Transmitter
Löffelstelzen Transmitter is a broadcasting facility of SWR at Bad Mergentheim-Löffelstelzen in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was inaugurated at the beginning of the 1950s and used at those days a guyed mast, which was insulated against ground, because it was used for medium-wave...

2000  Germany Bad Mergentheim 179 m
Kékestető TV Tower
Kékestető TV Tower
Kékestető TV Tower is a 178 metres tall TV tower built of reinforced concrete on 1014 metres high Kékestető mountain. Kékestető TV Tower is a partially guyed tower as its antenna mast is guyed to the ground...

?  Hungary Kekesteto 178 m Partially guyed
Pécs TV Tower
Pécs TV Tower
right|100px|thumb|The TowerThe Pécs TV Tower is a television tower in Pécs, Hungary, measuring 176 metres, with a publicly accessible observation deck at a height of 75 metres, and a restaurant at 72 metres. The tower was built from 1968 to 1973...

1973  Hungary Pécs 176 m
Balashikha Radio Tower
Moscow Radio Centre 13
Moscow Radio Centre 13 is a transmission facility near Balashikha, approx.. 3.5 kilometers east of the ringbelt motorway of Moscow. Moscow Radio Centre 13 served at the communist ara as jammer of western shortwave radio programs and used therefore an antenna, which was installed on 7 guyed lattice...

?  Russia Balashikha 176 m
Olympic Stadium
Olympic Stadium (Montreal)
The Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada built as the main venue for the 1976 Summer Olympics...

 tower
1987  Canada Montreal 175.3 m The highest inclined tower in the world, with its 175-metre elevation and 45-degree angle.
Carew Tower
Carew Tower
Carew Tower is the second tallest building in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. However, it is still the highest elevated building in the city. The Great American Insurance building is only taller because of the basement. Completed in 1930, it stands 49 stories tall in the heart of downtown,...

1929  United States Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...

175 m
Odinstårnet
Odinstårnet
Odinstårnet was an observation tower located on Bolbro Bakke in Odense, Denmark. The tower, 177 metres tall, was built in 1934-35 using spare materials from the construction of the first Little Belt Bridge and opened on 29 May 1935. It was the second tallest tower in Europe, surpassed only by...

1935  Denmark Odense 175 m destroyed on 14 December 1944
Zendstation Markelo ?  Netherlands Markelo 174.4 m
CBC Jarvis Street Tower 1952  Canada Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

174 m demolished in 2002
San Jacinto Monument
San Jacinto Monument
The San Jacinto Monument is a high column located on the Houston Ship Channel in unincorporated Harris County, Texas near the city of La Porte. The monument is topped with a 220-ton star that commemorates the site of the Battle of San Jacinto, the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution...

1939  United States La Porte, Texas
La Porte, Texas
La Porte is a city in Harris County, Texas within the Bay Area of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 31,880...

172.92 m / 567.31 ft World's tallest monumental column
New Brighton Tower
New Brighton Tower
New Brighton Tower was a lattice-steel observation tower at New Brighton on the Wirral Peninsula in England. The 1,000 tonne tower, which stood at high, became the tallest building in Great Britain when it opened in 1900...

1900  United Kingdom New Brighton
New Brighton, Merseyside
New Brighton is a seaside resort forming part of the town of Wallasey, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in the metropolitan county of Merseyside, England. It is located at the northeastern tip of the Wirral Peninsula, within the historic county boundaries of Cheshire, and has sandy beaches...

172.8 m destroyed
Reisenbach Telecommunication Tower
Reisenbach Telecommunication Tower
Reisenbach Telecommunication Tower is among the tallest structures in the Northern parts of Baden-Württemberg. Only the two masts of Donebach longwave transmitter are taller in the Mudau community...

1972  Germany Mudau
Mudau
Mudau is a municipality in the Neckar-Odenwald district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. it has 5,099 inhabitants.-Geography:Mudau lies in the southeastern Odenwald mountains between the Neckar and Main rivers, 75 km southeast of Frankfurt am Main and 40 km northeast of Heidelberg...

173 m
Avaz Twist Tower
Avaz Twist Tower
The Avaz Twist Tower is a skyscraper in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and at 172 m is the tallest skyscraper in Balkans. It is the new headquarter for Avaz, a Bosnia and Herzegovina newspaper company. The tower is located in the Marijin Dvor district, Sarajevo's business district. Construction...

2009 Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....

172 m
Reunion Tower
Reunion Tower
Reunion Tower is a observation tower and one of the most recognizable landmarks in Dallas, Texas. Located at 300 Reunion Blvd. in the Reunion district of downtown Dallas, the tower is part of the Hyatt Regency Hotel complex, and is the 15th tallest building in Dallas...

1978  United States Dallas 170.7 m
Millennium Tower
Millennium Tower (Abuja)
The Millennium Tower and Cultural Centre is a part of a complex planned for the Central District of Nigeria's capital city of Abuja. At , the tower would be the tallest building in Nigeria. The tower was designed by Manfredi Nicoletti and is part of the Nigeria National Complex which includes the...

2010  Nigeria Abuja 170 m Observation level at 105 m, Located in the Nigeria National Complex
Costanera Center Torre 1 2010  Chile Santiago 170 m
Costanera Center Torre 2 2010  Chile Santiago 170 m
Juche Tower
Juche Tower
The Juche Tower is a monument in Pyongyang, North Korea. The tower is named after the principle of Juche, developed by Kim Il Sung as a blend of autarky, self-reliance, nationalism, isolationism, Korean traditionalism, and Marxism-Leninism.Completed in 1982, it is sited on the eastern bank of the...

1982  North Korea Pyongyang 170 m
Riyadh TV Tower
Riyadh TV Tower
The Riyadh TV Tower in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a 170 meter high television tower located inside the premises of Saudi Ministry of Information. It was completed in 1978.- External links :...

1981  Saudi Arabia Riyad 170 m
Spinnaker Tower
Spinnaker Tower
Spinnaker Tower is a –high landmark tower in Portsmouth, England. It is the centrepiece of the redevelopment of Portsmouth Harbour, which was supported by a National Lottery grant. Its shape was chosen by Portsmouth residents from a selection of concepts...

2005  United Kingdom Portsmouth 170 m
Washington Monument
Washington Monument
The Washington Monument is an obelisk near the west end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate the first U.S. president, General George Washington...

1884  United States Washington, DC 169.3 m / 555 ft 5 in Observation level at 152 m
Zagreb TV Tower
Zagreb TV Tower
Zagreb TV Tower is a 169 metre tall TV tower built of reinforced concrete on the summit of the 1035 metre tall mountain Medvednica near Zagreb, Croatia.Zagreb TV Tower was built in 1973...

1973  Independent State of Croatia Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

169 m
Fernmeldeturm Bödefeld ?  Germany Schmallenberg-Bödefeld 168.7 m
Näsinneula Observation Tower 1971  Finland Tampere 168 m Located at Särkänniemi
Särkänniemi
Särkänniemi is an adventure park in Tampere, Finland. The park features an aquarium, a planetarium, a children's zoo, an art museum, an observation tower , an amusement park and the world's northernmost dolphinarium. Särkänniemi is the most popular amusement park in Finland...

 amusement park
Alūksne Radio and TV Transmitter ?  Latvia Alūksne
Aluksne
Alūksne is a town on the shores of Lake Alūksne in northeastern Latvia near the borders with Estonia and Russia. It is the seat of Alūksne municipality.- History :...

168 m
Transmitter Eifel-Bärbelkreuz 1985  Germany Hellenthal-Bärbelkreuz 167 m
Çamlıca TV Tower 1972  Turkey Istanbul 166 m
Menara Alor Star
Menara Alor Star
Menara Alor Setar is a telecommunication tower in Alor Setar, in the state of Kedah, Malaysia. The tower was built for Telekom Malaysia at a cost of RM40 million....

1998  Malaysia Alor Star
Alor Star
Alor Setar, known as Alor Star between 2004 and 2008, is the state capital of Kedah, Malaysia, and Kota Setar District's Administrative Centre. It is also a distribution center for manufacturing and agricultural products such as paddy, and the royal seat of the Kedah state since the establishment...

165.5 m
Transmitter Berlin-Tegel
Transmitter Berlin-Tegel
The Transmitter Berlin-Tegel was a broadcasting facility for medium wave in Berlin-Tegel, Germany It was built in 1933 and used as an aerial wire hung up in a 165 metre high tower of wood framework. In 1940, the height of the tower was reduced to 86 metres...

1933  Germany Berlin 165 m Timber construction, demolished on 16 December 1948
Hünenburg Telecommunication Tower
Hünenburg Telecommunication Tower
Hünenburg Telecommunication Tower is a 164 metre tall telecommunicatio tower of Deutsche Telekom AG on Hüneburg near Bielefeld, which was built in 1972 as replacement for a smaller telecommunication tower, built in 1952, which is today used as observation tower...

?  Germany Bielefeld-Hühnenburg 165 m also known as Fernmeldeturm Teutoburger Wald
Heubach Telecommunication Tower
Heubach Telecommunication Tower
Heubach Telecommunication Tower is a 162 metre tall telecommunication tower of Deutsche Telekom AG on Glasenberg at Heubach in Baden-Württemberg...

?  Germany Heubach 164.8 m
Las Vegas Eiffel Tower 1999  United States Las Vegas 164.6 m Replica of Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower is a puddle iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world...

Sendeturm Ismaning
Transmitter Ismaning
The Transmitter Ismaning was a large radio station inaugurated in 1932. From 1932 to 1934 this transmitter, which replaced the transmitter in Munich-Stadelheim, used a T-antenna as transmitting antenna, which was hung up two 115-meter-high freestanding wood framework towers...

1932  Germany Ismaning 163 m Timber construction, demolished on 16 March 1983
Ochsenkopf TV Tower
Ochsenkopf TV Tower
The Ochsenkopf Transmitter is a 163 metre tall radio and TV tower of reinforced concrete, which was built in 1958 as replacement for a 50 metre tall guyed steel tube TV mast, which collapsed in January 1958 as result of icing, on the summit of the 1024 metre high Ochsenkopf mountain, the second...

1958  Germany Ochsenkopf
Ochsenkopf (Fichtelgebirge)
The Ochsenkopf is the second-highest mountain in the Fichtelgebirge with a height of . On its summit is an observation tower and a transmission tower for VHF and TV programmes by Bayerischer Rundfunk....

 mountain
163 m
TV Tower Namur-Profondville ?  Belgium Namur-Profondville 163 m
Fernmeldeturm Bremerhaven-Schiffdorf ?  Germany Bremerhaven-Schiffdorf 163 m
Fernmeldeturm Ulm-Ermingen 1964  Germany Ulm-Ermingen 162 m
Ulm Münster
Ulm Münster
- Measurements :*The height of the spire is .Ulm Münster is the world's tallest church*The church has a length of and a width of .*The building area is approximately .*The height of the central nave is , whilst the lateral naves are high....

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
Indus Radio FM 100.20 2009  Pakistan Tando Muhammad Khan 160 m FM Tower
Fernmeldeturm Leer-Nüttermoor ?  Germany Leer-Nüttermoor 160 m
Osaka Tower
Osaka Tower
was an observation and radio tower built beside the headquarters of Asahi Broadcasting Corporation in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan.Besides functioning as a radio and television tower, it also relays radio communication for the taxi companies.- Form :...

1966  Japan Osaka
Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

160 m
Shukhov Tower
Shukhov Tower
The Shukhov radio tower , also known as the Shabolovka tower, is a broadcasting tower in Moscow designed by Vladimir Shukhov. The 160-metre-high free-standing steel structure was built in the period 1920–1922, during the Russian Civil War...

1922  Russia Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

160 m Hyperboloid structure
Hyperboloid structure
Hyperboloid structures are architectural structures designed with hyperboloid geometry. Often these are tall structures such as towers where the hyperboloid geometry's structural strength is used to support an object high off the ground, but hyperboloid geometry is also often used for decorative...

. Currently under threat of demolition.
Skylon Tower
Skylon Tower
The Skylon Tower, in Niagara Falls, Ontario, is an observation tower that overlooks both the American Falls, New York and the larger Horseshoe Falls, Ontario from the Canadian side of the Niagara River.-History:...

1965  Canada Niagara Falls 160 m
Pylons of Cádiz
Pylons of Cádiz
The Pylons of Cádiz, also known as the Towers of Cádiz, are two tall pylons supporting a double-circuit 132 kV three-phase AC powerline over the bay of Cádiz, Spain starting at Puerto Real Substation at to the substation of the former Cadiz Thermal Power Station situated on the peninsula upon...

1960  Spain Cádiz
Cádiz
Cadiz is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the homonymous province, one of eight which make up the autonomous community of Andalusia....

158 m Hyperboloid structure
Hyperboloid structure
Hyperboloid structures are architectural structures designed with hyperboloid geometry. Often these are tall structures such as towers where the hyperboloid geometry's structural strength is used to support an object high off the ground, but hyperboloid geometry is also often used for decorative...

. Two towers
Blackpool Tower
Blackpool Tower
Blackpool Tower Eye is a tourist attraction in Blackpool, Lancashire in England which was opened to the public on 14 May 1894. . Inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, it rises to 518 feet & 9 inches . The tower is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers...

1894  United Kingdom Blackpool 158 m
Gold Tower 1988  Japan Utazu, Kagawa 158 m
Telecommunication Tower Plettenberg ?  Germany Plettenberg 158 m
Fernmeldeturm Essen ?  Germany Essen 157.5 m
Cologne Cathedral
Cologne Cathedral
Cologne Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Cologne, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and is a World Heritage Site...

1248-1880  Germany Cologne 157.4 m Two towers
TV Tower Tournai-Froidmont ?  Belgium Tournai-Froidmont 157 m
Święty Krzyż TV Tower
Swiety Krzyz TV Tower
Święty Krzyż TV Tower is the tallest free-standing TV tower in Poland. . Święty Krzyż TV Tower, which was built in 1966, is a 157 metre tall concrete TV tower situated near the monastery on Łysa Góra...

1966  Poland Lysa Góra 157 m
Snejanka tower 1978  Kingdom of Bulgaria Pamporovo
Pamporovo
Pamporovo is a popular ski resort in Smolyan Province, southern Bulgaria, one of the best-known in Southeastern Europe. It is set amongst magnificent pine forests and is primarily visited during the winter for skiing and snowboarding. It is also a popular tourist place in summer. The hub of...

 - Mount Snejanka
156 m also known as Pamporovo TV Tower
Zendstation Roosendaal 1986  Netherlands Roosendaal 156 m
Viesīte Radio and TV Transmitter ?  Latvia Viesīte
Viesite
Viesīte is a town in the western part of Jēkabpils County, Latvia.Viesīte is typical Selonia town that cherished by its people, now is blossoming on the hills in the very middle of district...

156 m
Mesquite Tower
Mesquite Tower
Mesquite Tower is a free-standing lattice tower located in Mesquite, Texas, USA that is approximately tall. It is from unconventional design and was built in 1990. It stands between West Mesquite High School and Memorial Stadium...

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
Kaikyo Yume Tower
Kaikyo Yume Tower
The dominates the city of Shimonoseki and is the tallest tower in western Japan. Standing 153 metres tall, it was opened in July 1996. It forms a part of the Kaikyō Messe Shimonoseki building, which houses a conference centre and corporate offices....

1996  Japan Shimonoseki 153 m
Telecommunication Tower Willebadessen 1993  Germany Willebadessen 152.5 m also known as Fernsehsender Eggegebirge
Croydon Transmitter
Croydon Transmitter
The Croydon transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility located on Beulah Hill in Upper Norwood, London, England , in the London Borough of Croydon, owned by Arqiva. It was founded in 1955 and initially used a small lattice tower...

1962  United Kingdom London, Surrey 152 m
BT Tower
British Telecom Tower (Birmingham)
The BT Tower is a landmark in Birmingham, England, and is also the tallest building in the city. Its Post Office code was YBMR.-History:...

1967  United Kingdom Birmingham 152 m
RKS Mělník-Chloumek ?  Czech Republic Mělník 152 m
RKS Dobrochov ?  Czech Republic Dobrochov 152 m
Rouen Cathedral
Rouen Cathedral
Rouen Cathedral is a Roman Catholic Gothic cathedral in Rouen, in northwestern France. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Rouen and Normandy.-History:...

1145-1876  Early Modern France Rouen 151 m
Funkturm Berlin
Funkturm Berlin
The Berliner Funkturm or Funkturm Berlin is a transmitting tower in Berlin, built between 1924 and 1926 by Heinrich Straumer. It is nicknamed "der lange Lulatsch" and is one of the best-known points of interest in the city of Berlin. It stands in the Berlin trade fair ground in the...

1926  Germany Berlin 150 m Only observation tower standing on insulator
Electrical insulation
thumb|250px|[[Coaxial Cable]] with dielectric insulator supporting a central coreThis article refers to electrical insulation. For insulation of heat, see Thermal insulation...

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Fernsehsender Ebbegebirge 1983  Germany Herscheid
Herscheid
Herscheid is a municipality in the southern Märkischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Herscheid is located in the Ebbegebirge , a part of the Sauerland mountains. Altitudes in the municipality extend from 250m above sea level in the valley of the Schwarze Ahe up to the highest...

150 m Also known as Fernmeldeturm Waldberg
Longwave transmitter Lahti 1927  Finland Lahti 150 m
RKS Liblice 1
RKS Liblice 1
RKS Liblice 1 is a facility for commercial longwave transmission located in the Czech Republic about east of Prague near Liblice. It uses as a T-antenna hung up on two tall insulated towers built of lattice steel...

1929-1931  Czech Republic Liblice 150 m demolished in 2004
Sendeturm Wiederau
Wiederau transmitter
The Wiederau transmitter is the oldest broadcasting facility in Saxony. It is located near Wiederau, a village which is part of the municipality of Pegau, and is used for medium-wave, FM and Television broadcasting....

1935  Germany Wiederau 150 m Timber construction, dismantled on 27 October 1953
Mannesmann Tower Vienna 1954  Austria Vienna 150 m
TV Tower Leglise-Anlier ?  Belgium Leglise-Anlier 150 m
Galaţi TV Tower
Galati TV Tower
Galaţi TV Tower is a 150 metres tall concrete tower used for FM-/TV-broadcasting in Galaţi, Romania. Galaţi TV Tower, which was completed in 1978, is equipped with a tower restaurant, perhaps the only in Romania....

1978  Kingdom of Romania Galaţi
Galati
Galați is a city and municipality in Romania, the capital of Galați County. Located in the historical region of Moldavia, in the close vicinity of Brăila, Galați is the largest port and sea port on the Danube River and the second largest Romanian port....

150 m
One Wall Centre
One Wall Centre
One Wall Centre, also known as the Sheraton Wall Centre - North Tower, is currently the second-tallest completed building in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The skyscraper is located at a high point on the downtown peninsula of Vancouver and its address is 1088 Burrard Street.One Wall Centre...

2001  Canada Vancouver 150 m
Friedrichsberg Television Tower 2008  Germany Waldenburg 150 m
Halle Radio Tower
Halle Radio Tower
Halle Radio Tower is the tallest free-standing lattice tower exclusively used for radiotechnical purposes in Germany. It was built in 2005 bySteffens & Nölle GmbH for the Deutsche Telekom AG in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt as DVB-T broadcasting tower...

2005  Germany Halle 150 m
Zendstation Maastricht ?  Netherlands Maastricht 149.5 m
KPN Tower Haarlem 1968  Netherlands Haarlem 149 m
KEMA Toren
KEMA Toren
KEMA Toren , is a broadcasting tower built of reinforced concrete at Arnhem, Netherlands. It was built in 1969 by KEMA for communicating between high voltage substations throughout the Netherlands. It is now used for public radio and TV broadcasting. It is also known as TenneT Toren, after TenneT,...

1969  Netherlands Arnhem 149 m also known as Tennet Tower or Tennet Toren
132kV Thames Crossing
380kV Thames Crossing
There are a number of substantial overhead powerline river crossings in the United Kingdom.The tallest electricity pylons in the UK are those of the 380kV Thames Crossing, at West Thurrock, which are 190 m high. These were constructed by BICC in 1965...

1932  United Kingdom West Thurrock
West Thurrock
West Thurrock is a traditional Church of England parish and town in Thurrock, Essex, England, located 17.5 miles east south-east of Charing Cross, London.-Location:...

148.4 m demolished in 1987
Nordschwarzwaldturm
Nordschwarzwaldturm
Nordschwarzwaldturm is the name of a 148 metre free standing steel framework tower near Schoemberg-Langenbrand at in the Black Forest. The Nordschwarzwaldturm was built in 1974 and is used for directional radio services, FM- and TV-transmissions. The tower is not open for the public.-Transmitted...

1974  Germany Schömberg-Langenbrand 148 m
St. Nikolai, Hamburg
St. Nikolai, Hamburg
The Gothic Revival Church of St. Nicholas was formerly one of the five Lutheran Hauptkirchen in the city of Hamburg. It is now in ruins, serving as a memorial and an important architectural landmark. When Hamburg residents mention the Nikolaikirche, it is generally to this church that they are...

1846-1877  Germany Hamburg 147.3 m church ruin
Sapporo TV Tower
Sapporo TV Tower
The , built in 1957, is a 147.2 metre high TV Tower with an observation deck at a height of 90.38 metres. Located on the ground of Odori Park, in the northern city of Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan, the tower is open to tourists...

1957  Japan Sapporo 147.2 m
Pasilan linkkitorni
Pasilan linkkitorni
Pasilan linkkitorni is the designation of a high TV tower in Pasila, Helsinki. Pasilan linkkitorni was built in 1983 and has at a height of rooms with technical equipment. It is the tallest freestanding tower in the Greater Helsinki area and the second tallest in Finland, after and Näsinneula in...

1983  Finland Helsinki 146 m
Dobrich TV Tower
Dobrich TV Tower
Dobrich TV Tower is a 146 metres tall TV tower built of reinforced concrete near Dobrich in Bulgaria. Dobrich TV Tower, which was designed by Petar Andreev, was completed in 1979 and has an observation deck open for tourists...

1979  Kingdom of Bulgaria Dobrich 146 m
Fallturm Bremen
Fallturm Bremen
Fallturm Bremen is a drop tower at the Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity at the University of Bremen in Bremen. It has a 123-metre-high drop tube , in which for 4.74 seconds , or for over 9 seconds weightlessness can be produced...

1990  Germany Bremen 146 m
Praděd TV Tower 1983  Czech Republic Praděd Mountain 145.5 m
Kennedy Boulevar (Hotel Marriott) 1999  Chile Santiago 145 m
Sendeturm Langenberg
Sender Langenberg
The Langenberg transmission tower is a broadcasting station that transmits MW, FM and TV signals. It is located in Langenberg, Velbert, Germany and has had a very turbulent history since its inauguration...

1934  Germany Velbert-Langenberg 145 m Timber construction, destroyed on 10 October 1935
Sendeturm Hamburg-Billstedt
Transmitter Hamburg-Billstedt
The Transmitter Hamburg-Billstedt is a broadcasting facility in Hamburg-Billstedt, established in 1934. It is owned and operated by the Norddeutscher Rundfunk public broadcasting service, but open to competitors, too....

1934  Germany Hamburg 145 m Timber construction, dismantled in September 1949
Funkübertragungsstelle Bergen 1 ?  Germany Soltau-Bergen 145 m
Vasco da Gama Tower 1998  Portugal Lisboa 145 m
Strasbourg Cathedral
Strasbourg Cathedral
Strasbourg Cathedral or the Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Strasbourg, France. Although considerable parts of it are still in Romanesque architecture, it is widely consideredSusan Bernstein: , The Johns Hopkins University Press to be among the finest...

1176–1439  Early Modern France Strasbourg 144 m
Nozema Tower Wormer 1968  Netherlands Wormer 144 m
Zigong TV Tower 1988  Mainland China Zigong 143.6 m
Selion
Selion
Selion is a mediaeval open strip of land or small field used for growing crops, usually owned by or rented to peasants. A selion of land was typically one furlong long and one chain wide. However, exact measurements could vary depending on geography of the land. The area of one furlong by one...

1994  Japan Akita 143 m
Zendstation Ugchelen
Zendstation Ugchelen
Zendstation Ugchelen is the designation of a facility for FM- and TV-broadcasting at Ugchelen, Netherlands. Zendstation Ugchelen uses as transmission tower a 142 metre high free standing lattice tower built in 1959.-External links:*...

1959  Netherlands Ugchelen 142 m
TV Tower Aalen ?  Germany Aalen 142 m
Jakobsberg Telecommunication Tower
Jakobsberg Telecommunication Tower
Jakobsberg Telecommunication Tower is a 142 metre tall TV tower built of reinforced concrete on the 238 metre high elevated Jakobsberg near Porta Westfalica...

1978  Germany Porta Westfalica
Porta Westfalica
Porta Westfalica is a town in the district of Minden-Lübbecke, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The name “Porta Westfalica” is Latin and means “gate to Westphalia”. Coming from the north, the gorge is the entry to the region of Westphalia...

-Jakobsberg
Jakobsberg (Porta Westfalica)
The Jakobsberg is a hill, , that forms the westernmost peak of the Wesergebirge chain and is the eastern guardian of the Weser gorge, the Porta Westfalica or "Westphalian Gate", in North Rhine-Westphalia ....

142 m
VW-Tower 1958  Germany Hannover 141 m
Hoherodskopf telecommunication tower ?  Germany Schotten-Hoherodskopf 141 m
Transmitter Żórawina
Transmitter Zórawina
The Żórawina radio transmitter is a facility for FM transmission at Żórawina, south of Wrocław. It was established in 1932 as "Reichssender Breslau" and used as an antenna tower. Originally it was a 140 metre tall free-standing lattice tower built of wood, on which a wire antenna was hung up...

1932  Poland Żórawina, Poland 140 m Timber construction, dismantled in 1990
Monte Mario Tower ?  Italy Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

140 m
Nozema Zendstation Mierlo 1957  Netherlands Mierlo 139.5 m
Frémont Point Transmitter
Frémont Point Transmitter
The Frémont Point transmitting station is a facility for FM and television transmission at Frémont, Vingtaine du Nord, Saint John, Jersey.It serves the whole of the Channel Islands, either directly or via the relay stations at Mont Orgueil, Alderney, Saint Brelade, Saint Helier, St Peter Port,...

?  United Kingdom Fremont Point, Jersey 139 m
Bredstedt Telecommunication Transmitter ?  Germany Bredstedt 139 m
Twin Arch 138 1995  Japan Ishinomiya 138 m
Fernmeldeturm Ansbach ?  Germany Ansbach 137.5 m
Fernmeldeturm Hamburg-Bergedorf ?  Germany Hamburg-Bergedorf 137.5 m
Hohenstadt Transmission Tower ?  Germany Hohenstadt
Hohenstadt
Hohenstadt is a municipality in the Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located in the Swabian Alb plateau, about 20 km south of Göppingen....

137 m
Monas 1975  Indonesia Jakarta 137 m
Fernsehturm Schwerin-Zippendorf
Fernsehturm Schwerin-Zippendorf
thumb|150px|Schweriner Fernsehturmthumb|150px|TV tower and radio mastThe Schweriner Fernsehturm is a 136.5-metre-tall communications tower built of steel-concrete between 1960 and 1964 in Schwerin, Germany. Unlike most other TV towers, the ground plan is a spherical triangle and not a cylindric...

1964  Germany Schwerin-Zippendorf 136.5 m
St. Chrischona
Swisscom-Sendeturm St. Chrischona
Swisscom-Sendeturm St. Chrischona is a communications tower built in 1980-1984 near Basel, Switzerland. It is located at near the St. Chrischona peak, on the territory of the municipality Bettingen, Basel-Stadt....

, old tower
1962  Switzerland St. Chrischona 136 m
Montjuic Communications Tower
Montjuic Communications Tower
The Montjuïc Communications Tower , popularly known as Torre Calatrava and Torre Telefónica, is a telecommunication tower in the Montjuïc neighborhood of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Designed by Santiago Calatrava, construction on the tower began in 1989 and was completed in 1992...

1992  Spain Barcelona 136 m
Telecommunication Tower Leichlingen ?  Germany Leichlingen 136 m
Mount Ślęża transmitter 1972  Poland Mount Ślęża 136 m Additionally guyed
Transmission Tower Hardberg 1951  Germany Hardberg 135 m
Bremen-Farge Weser Powerline Crossing  ?  Germany Bremen
Bremen
The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...

 
135 m
Trollhättan TV Tower ?  Sweden Trollhättan 135 m
Soelvesborg transmitter
Sölvesborg medium wave transmitter
The Sölvesborg mediumwave transmitter is a radio station at Björkenabben on the peninsula Listerlandet, inaugurated 30 May 1985.The station most recently transmitted on 1179 kHz, used by Radio Sweden International , and is owned by Teracom.-Technical specifications:The station is situated outside...

1985  Sweden Sölvesborg 135 m 2 grounded towers carrying a cage antenna for mediumwave broadcasting
Transmission Tower Emley Moor 1956  United Kingdom Emley Moor, Yorkshire 135 m
Fernmeldeturm Wahnbek 1974  Germany Wahnbek 134 m
Higashiyama Sky Tower
Higashiyama Sky Tower
The Higashiyama Sky Tower is located in the Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in the city of Nagoya, central Japan.It contains observation decks and a restaurant 100 meters above ground and is a landmark of the area.- External links :...

1989  Japan Nagoya 134 m
Telecommunication Tower Lohmar-Birk
Telecommunication Tower Lohmar-Birk
The Telecommunication Tower Lohmar-Birk is a 134 meter high telecommunication tower built of reinforced concrete located in Lohmar, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The Telecommunication Tower Lohmar-Birk serves as transmission tower for mobile phone services, directional radio services and as...

?  Germany Lohmar 134 m
Radio City Tower 1969  United Kingdom Liverpool 134 m
Mulleklenkes 1984  Germany Aachen
Aachen
Aachen has historically been a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, ...

133 m Radio-DVB-T
DVB-T
DVB-T is an abbreviation for Digital Video Broadcasting — Terrestrial; it is the DVB European-based consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial television that was first published in 1997 and first broadcast in the UK in 1998...

 Transmission Tower :de:Mulleklenkes
Nozema Zendstation The Hague 1965  Netherlands The Hague 133 m
BKK Control Tower 2006  Thailand Bangkok 132.2m Tallest Air-traffic control tower in the world
Telefónica Chile Tower 1996  Chile Santiago 132 m
Aufi Tower
Aufi Tower
Aufi or Funkturm Aufhausen is the name of the police radio tower in Aufhausen, Germany .The Aufi is a 132 metre high radio tower in steel and concrete, with a diameter of 6 metres. It is one of the thinnest steel and concrete towers in the world. In the 1960s and 70s measurements of static were...

1963  Germany Geislingen-Aufhausen 132 m
TV-toren Ittervoort ?  Netherlands Ittervoort 132 m
Telecommunication Tower Leipzig ?  Germany Leipzig 132 m
Kyoto Tower
Kyoto Tower
is an observation tower located in Kyoto, Japan. The steel tower is the tallest structure in Kyoto with its observation deck at 100 meters and its spire at 131 meters . The 800-ton tower stands atop a 9-story building, which houses a 3-star hotel and several stores...

1964  Japan Kyoto 131 m
Portofino TV Tower
Portofino transmitter
Portofino transmitter is a facility for FM-/AM-/TV-broadcasting near Portofino in Italy.Portofino transmitter uses for the mediumwave transmitter, which works on 1575 kHz with 50 kW...

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 Italy Portofino
Portofino
Portofino is a small Italian fishing village, comune and tourist resort located in the province of Genoa on the Italian Riviera. The town is crowded round its small harbour, is closely associated with Paraggi Beach, which is a few minutes up the coast...

130 m Additionally guyed
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
Shiraz Tower 2011  Iran Shiraz 130 m
Lezarsk TV Tower ?  Poland Lezarsk 130 m Additionally guyed
KUL Control Tower 1998  Malaysia Kuala-Lumpur 130 m second tallest air-traffic control tower in the world
Armstrong Tower
Armstrong Tower
The Armstrong Tower, also known as Alpine Tower, is a 425 foot tall lattice tower built and used by Edwin Armstrong in 1938 at Alpine, New Jersey, United States, at 40°57'39.0" N and 73°55'21.0" W for his transmission experiments that led to modern FM radio. The original transmissions occurred at...

1938  United States Alpine, New Jersey 129.6 m site of the first FM broadcasts
Telecommunication Tower Hüfingen 1976  Germany Hüfingen 129 m
Telecommunication Tower Wuppertal-Westfalenweg ?  Germany Wuppertal 128 m
Piatkowo transmitter
Piatkowo transmitter
The Piątkowo transmitter is a facility for directional radio and broadcasting of local FM and TV programmes at Piątkowo, a northern residential district of the Polish city of Poznań...

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1993  Poland Poznan 128 m
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Licheń
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lichen
The Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń is a Roman Catholic church located in the village of Licheń Stary near Konin in the Greater Poland Voivodeship in Poland. It was designed by Barbara Bielecka and built between 1994 and 2004...

2004  Poland Licheń 128 m
Express Lift Tower
Express Lift Tower
The National Lift Tower is a lift testing tower built by the Express Lift Company off the Weedon Road in Northampton, England...

1980-1982  United Kingdom Northampton, Northamptonshire 127.45 m
Torre Entel
Torre Entel
Torre Entel is the name of a 127.4 meter high TV and telecommunications tower in Santiago, Chile. Torre Entel has an observation deck open for visitors. Construction began in 1970 during Eduardo Frei Montalva term as president and it was inaugurated in 1974. In 1976 it carried its first...

1974  Chile Santiago 127.4 m
VLF transmitter Grimeton 1923  Sweden Grimeton 127 m
Glasgow Tower 2001  United Kingdom Glasgow 127 m
Aliant Tower
Aliant Tower
The Bell Aliant Tower, formerly known as the Aliant Tower and older still, the NBTel Tower, is a 127 metre high tower of reinforced concrete located in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. It is used to provide directional radio services. It is the tallest radio tower in Atlantic Canada.-History:The...

1971  Canada Moncton 127 m
Sender Inselsberg
Sender Inselsberg
The Sender Inselsberg is a FM and television-transmission facility on the Big Inselsberg in Thuringia, Germany. It has two aerial towers, which were built in 1939 and 1974....

1974  Germany Inselsberg Mountain + 126 m Was 43.31 when constructed in 1939
Dreamworld Tower
Dreamworld Tower
The Dreamworld Tower, is a high tower located in the Dreamworld theme park on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The Tower of Terror II and the Giant Drop both share the tower.-Tower design:...

1997  Australia Dreamworld, Coomera 126.5m
Transmitter Beromünster, backup transmission tower 1937  Switzerland Beromünster 126 m Insulated against ground
Transmitter Sottens, backup transmission tower 1931  Switzerland Sottens 125 m Insulated against ground
HBG Prangins
HBG Prangins
HBG is a low frequency time signal transmitter for the Swiss time reference system. It currently operates on 75 kHz with 20 kW and is located in Prangins, Switzerland...

1931  Switzerland Prangins 125 m two towers
Grobal Tower 1995  Japan Beppu 125 m
FMT 6 - Brackenheim ?  Germany Brackenheim 125 m
Craigkelly TV Tower
Craigkelly TV Tower
The Craigkelly transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility located at Craigkelly north of the Firth of Forth above the town of Burntisland in Fife, Scotland. It has a 125-metre tall free-standing lattice tower....

?  United Kingdom Craigkelly, Burntisland, Fife 125 m
Chiba Port Tower
Chiba Port Tower
Chiba Port Tower is a tower located in Chiba Port Park, Chūō-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is 125.1 m tall and has four stories. It was built in 1986.-Location:...

1986  Japan Chiba 125 m
Atakule Tower
Atakule Tower
Atakule is a 125m high communications and observation tower located in the Çankaya district of central Ankara, Turkey and is the primary landmark of the city. As the district of Çankaya is itself on a hill, the tower can be spotted from almost anywhere in the city during clear days...

1989  Turkey Ankara 125 m
Riga Radio Station ?  Latvia Riga
Riga
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...

125 m
Gatlinburg Space Needle
Gatlinburg Space Needle
The Gatlinburg Space Needle is a tall observation tower in Gatlinburg, United States. The tower has an outdoor observation level that provides a 360 degree view of the Great Smoky Mountains and the city of Gatlinburg. Upon completion in 1970, it was the second tallest tower in the state of Tennessee...

1970  United States Gatlinburg 124 m
Transmitter Nuremberg-Kleinreuth
Transmitter Nuremberg-Kleinreuth
The Transmitter Nuremberg-Kleinreuth was a broadcasting facility for medium-wave. It was founded in 1927 in Nuremberg-Kleinreuth at the former Broadcast Street 24, now Sigmund Street 181, in order to supply the northern areas of Bavaria with broadcast programs in the medium-wave band.Between 1927...

1935  Germany Nuremberg 124 m Timber construction, dismantled in 1935
Transmitter Geiersberg ?  Germany Geiersberg 124 m
Tyholttårnet
Tyholttårnet
Tyholttårnet is a 124 metre high radio tower with an observation deck at Trondheim, Norway. Tyholttårnet was built in 1985. The tower features a revolving restaurant, 80 metres up, which makes one complete revolution per hour.-External links:...

1985  Norway Trondheim 124 m
Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury Cathedral, formally known as the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in Salisbury, England, considered one of the leading examples of Early English architecture....

1220-1320  United Kingdom Salisbury 123 m
Sender Brocken
Sender Brocken
The Brocken Transmitter is a facility for FM- and TV-transmitters on the Brocken, the highest mountain in northern Germany.The facility includes two transmission towers. The old tower was built between 1936 and 1937....

1937 and 1974  Germany Brocken Mountain 123 m 95 m on original tower
Mont Pèlerin TV Tower
Mont Pèlerin TV Tower
The Mont Pèlerin TV Tower is the only TV tower of Switzerland equipped with an observation deck, which is accessible by an elevator. It is situated on the Mont Pèlerin in the area of Chardonne, north of Vevey...

1974  Switzerland Mont Pèlerin 122.6 m
Pääskyvuoren linkkitorni 1964  Finland Turku 122 m
Transmission Tower Lindenfels ?  Germany Lindenfels 122 m
Zendstation Megen 1980  Netherlands Megen 121 m
Fernmeldeturm Duisburg  Germany Duisburg 121 m
Spire of Dublin
Spire of Dublin
The Spire of Dublin, officially titled the Monument of Light is a large, stainless steel, pin-like monument in height, located on the site of the former Nelson's Pillar on O'Connell Street in Dublin, Ireland.-Details:...

21 January 2003  Republic of Ireland Dublin 120 m World's tallest sculpture.
Longwave transmitter Motala 1927  Sweden Motala 120 m
Mannesmann Tower Hannover 1955  Austria Hannover 120 m
Sucha Gora TV Tower
Sucha Gora TV Tower
Sucha Gora TV Tower is a 120 metre tall TV tower of reinforced concrete, situated on theSuch Gora mountain north of Czarnorzeki at Southeast Poland at...

1962  Poland Czamorzeki 120 m
Henninger Turm
Henninger Turm
The Henninger-Turm is a grain storage silo located in the Frankfurt district of Sachsenhausen. It was built by the Henninger Brewery and has a storage capacity of 16,000 tons of barley. The , 33-story high tower was designed by Karl Lieser and was built from 1959 to 1961...

1961  Germany Frankfurt/Main 120 m Silo with observation tower
Chennevières Transmitter 1972  Early Modern France Chennevières-sur-Marne 120 m
Directional Radio Tower Le Chasseral 1983  Switzerland Le Chasseral 120 m
Makarki Directional Radio Tower
Makarki Directional Radio Tower
Makarki Directional Radio Tower is a 120 metre tall tower used for directional radio and FM broadcasting by Polskie Radio - Regionalna , located at in Białystok....

?  Poland Makarki 120 m lattice tower as basement
Torre de la Industria 1994  Chile Santiago 120 m
High Point Place 2006  United States Florida 120 m
Transmission Tower Hesselberg ?  Germany Hesselberg 119 m
Gibloux Radio Tower
Gibloux Radio Tower
Gibloux Radio Tower is built on the 1204 metre Gibloux mountain above Sorens, west of Fribourg, Switzerland. The concrete tower has a height of . The observation deck is at .- External links :*...

?  Switzerland Sorens
Sorens
Sorens is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.-History:Sorens is first mentioned around 974-75 as Sotringus. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Soring, however, that name is no longer used.-Geography:Sorens has an area, , of...

118.7 m
Charwelton BT Tower
Charwelton BT Tower
Charwelton BT Tower is a telecommunication tower built of reinforced concrete at Charwelton near Byfield, Northamptonshire, England. It is tall and one of the few British towers built of reinforced concrete. It is a landmark for miles around.-See also:...

?  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
Tryvannstårnet
Tryvannstårnet
Tryvannstårnet is a 118 metre tall broadcasting tower of Oslo, located 529 metres above mean sea level at the hill Tryvannshøyden near the Tryvann lake....

1962  Norway Oslo 118 m
Crossland Tower 1994  Japan Oyabe, Toyama 118 m
Kvitsøy Tower 1981 - 1982  Norway Kvitsoy 117.5 m
Oberhausen gasometer 1929  Germany Oberhausen 117 m
Bullenhausen Elbe Powerline Crossing ?
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 Germany Bullenhausen 117 m
Silistra TV Tower 1979  Kingdom of Bulgaria Silistra 117 m
Lisebergstornet
Lisebergstornet
Lisebergstornet is a 116 meters tall observation tower at Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was built in 1990 and the observation deck has a height of 85 meters.-External links:...

1990  Sweden Göteborg 116.1 m
Transmitter Heilsberg
Transmitter Heilsberg
The transmitter Heilsberg was a large transmitter in the former East Prussia, approximately 3 kilometers northwest of Lidzbark Warmiński at the road from Heilsberg to Preussisch Eylau...

1935  Germany Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland 115 m Timber construction, dismantled in 1940
Observation tower of la Cité de l'Énergie ?  Canada Shawinigan, Quebec 115 m
Bernauer Birzel ?  Germany Bernau 115 m
Jagodnik transmitter
Jagodnik transmitter
Jagodnik transmitter is an FM- and TV-broadcasting facility of TP Emitel near Jagonik, a part of Milejewo community, situated in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland at . Jagodnik transmitter antenna uses a 115 metre tall lattice tower...

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or is a letter derived from the Latin alphabet. Both glyphs of the majuscule and minuscule forms of this letter are based on the rotated form of a minuscule e; a similar letter with identical minuscule is used in the Pan-Nigerian Alphabet and some alphabets based on the African reference...

 Poland Jagodnik 115 m
Pollonius 1992  Germany Köln-Porz 115 m
Helgoland Radio Tower
Helgoland radio tower
Helgoland radio tower is a 113 m high transmission tower on the island of Helgoland in Germany. It is owned by the Deutsche Telekom. It was constructed anew in 2000, replacing an older, lower mast that was subsequently demolished, and has some unusual characteristics. It uses a triangular base...

2000  Germany Helgoland 115 m Additionally guyed
Torre CCU 2007  Chile Santiago 115 m
Wilhelmshaven Nautical Office Antenna Tower 1977  Germany Wilhelmshaven 114.1 m
Torre Tavira II 1994  Spain Cádiz 114 m
Torrazzo of Cremona
Torrazzo of Cremona
The Torrazzo of Cremona is the bell tower of the Cathedral of Cremona. At 112.7 metres , it is the third tallest brickwork bell tower in the world, the first being the tower of St. Martin's Church in Landshut, Bavaria, the second being that of the Church of Our Lady in Bruges, Belgium...

1309  Italy Cremona
Cremona
Cremona is a city and comune in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po River in the middle of the Pianura Padana . It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local City and Province governments...

112.7 m
Domtoren
Dom Tower of Utrecht
The Dom Tower of Utrecht is the tallest church tower in the Netherlands, at 112.5 metres in height, and the Gothic-style tower is the symbol of the city. The tower was part of the Cathedral of Saint Martin, Utrecht, also known as Dom Church, and was built between 1321 and 1382, to a design by...

1328  Netherlands Utrecht
Utrecht (city)
Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...

112.5 m Free standing medieval church tower, see also List of tallest churches
Torre Centenario 2000  Chile Santiago 112 m
Transmission Tower La Dole 1958  Switzerland La Dole 112 m
Swingate Transmitter
Swingate Transmitter
The Swingate transmitting station is a facility for FM-transmission at Swingate, UK . For many years there were three lattice towers with a height of 111 metres, which were built for Chain Home radar before World War II...

?  United Kingdom Swingate, Kent 111 m 3 towers
AWA Tower
AWA Tower
The AWA Tower is an office and communications complex in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia built for Amalgamated Wireless Australasia Limited. The AWA Tower consists of a radio transmission tower atop a 15-story building...

1938-39  Australia Sydney, NSW 111 m 46m antenna tower atop building
Tiger Sky Tower 2004  Singapore Sentosa Island 110 m Tallest free standing observation tower in Asia
Bytkow TV Tower
Bytkow TV Tower
Bytkow TV Tower is a 110 metre tall RadioTV tower at Bytkow, an urban part of the Polish town Siemianowice Śląskie and Katowice. Bytkow TV Tower, situated at is from unique design: it consists of a concrete tower as basement, which looks like a thin high-rise building with square cross section...

?  Poland Siemianowice Śląskie
Siemianowice Slaskie
Siemianowice Śląskie aka Siemianowice ; is a city in Upper Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions...

110 m
Fleckendorf Radio Tower 1955  Austria Ansfelden 110 m
Agenskalns TV Tower ?  Latvia Riga
Riga
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...

110 m
Exelberg Telecommunication Tower
Exelberg Telecommunication Tower
Exelberg Telecommunication Tower is a 109 metre tall tower built of reinforced concrete on Exel mountain at Vienna, Austria. Exelberg Telecommunication Tower is used for directional radio services.-See also:* List of towers...

 Austria Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

109 m
Torre Branca
Torre Branca
Torre Branca is an iron panoramic tower located in Parco Sempione, the main city park of Milan, Italy. It is 108.6 m high, which makes it the fourth highest structure in Milan after Palazzo Lombardia , the Pirelli Tower and the Breda Tower...

1933  Italy Milano 108.6 m
Transmitter Witthoh 1951  Germany Emmingen-Liptingen 108 m
Kobe Port Tower
Kobe Port Tower
, a hyperboloid structure, is a 108 metre high lattice tower in the port city of Kobe, Japan. Kobe Port Tower has an observation deck at a height of 90.28 metres. The red steel Port Tower offers a spectacular sight of the bay area and the surrounding area....

1963  Japan Kobe
Kobe
, pronounced , is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately west of Osaka...

108 m
Radio Tower of School for Radiotechnology Nuremberg ?  Germany Nuremberg 108 m
Vitosha Mountain TV Tower
Vitosha Mountain TV Tower
Vitosha Mountain TV Tower, better known as Kopitoto after the rock outcrop it stands on, is a 186 meter tall TV tower built of reinforced concrete on Vitosha Mountain near Sofia, Bulgaria. The footprint of the tower has the shape of a hexagon with three of the sides extended...

1985  Kingdom of Bulgaria Vitosha
Vitosha
Vitosha is a mountain massif, on the outskirts of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Vitosha is one of the tourists symbols of Sofia and the closest site for hiking, alpinism and skiing. Convenient bus lines and rope ways render the mountain easily accessible. Vitosha has the outlines of an enormous...

 Mountain
108 m
Tour Hertzienne TDF de Romainville 1984  Early Modern France Paris-Romainville 108 m also known as Tour Relais TDF
Goryokaku Tower 2006  Japan Hakodate 107 m
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial
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...

1915  United States 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...

107 m World’s most massive Doric column; 4th tallest memorial in U.S.
Jefferson Davis Monument
Jefferson Davis State Historic Site
-External links:***...

1924  United States Fairview, Kentucky
Fairview, Kentucky
Fairview is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 156 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Fairview is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

107 m Third tallest obelisk in the world
Torre Jaume I
Torre Jaume I
Torre Jaume I is a 107 metre high steel truss tower in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, which was built in 1931 by Carlos Boigas. The tower is the second-tallest aerial lift pylon in the world, and is a part of the Port Vell Aerial Tramway from Torre Sant Sebastia to Montjuïc. Torre Jaume I also has...

1931  Spain Barcelona 107 m connected with Torre Sant Sebastia
Torre Sant Sebastia
Torre Sant Sebastià is a 78 metre tall lattice tower in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is the terminal of the Port Vell Aerial Tramway of Barcelona, which runs over Torre Jaume I to Montjuïc. Torre Sant Sebastia was opened in 1931.- External links :...

 by Port Vell Aerial Tramway
Port Vell Aerial Tramway
Port Vell Aerial Tramway is an aerial tramway in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, crossing Port Vell, Barcelona's old harbour and connecting Montjuïc with Barceloneta.- Description :...

Freiburg-Lehen transmitter 1933 Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Freiburg 107 m Timber construction, blown-up on April 21st, 1945
Transmitter Koblenz
Transmitter Koblenz
Transmitter Koblenz was a medium wave transmitter broadcasting in the Koblenz-Luetzel area. Until 1965, Transmitter Koblenz used a 107 metre tall wood tower, which was erected between 2 October 1934 and 15 November 1934...

1934  Germany Koblenz 107 m Timber construction, dismantled in 1965
Transmitter Trier
Transmitter Trier
The Transmitter Trier went in service in 1932. It was situated at the Ruwerer Street 16, Trier, Germany and used from its inauguration on February 19, 1933 until the year 1935 as transmitting antenna a vertical cage aerial, which hung from a hemp rope, which was strung between two 60 metres high...

1935  Germany Trier 107 m Timber construction, dismantled in 1948
Yokosuka Microwave Communications Site ?  Japan Yokosuka 106.7 m demolished
Bremerhaven Radar Tower 1965 | Germany Bremerhaven 106.1 m
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...

1961  Japan Yokohama 106 m
Borisova Gradina TV Tower
Borisova Gradina TV Tower
The Borisova Gradina TV Tower or the Old TV Tower is a 106-metre tall TV tower in the garden Borisova Gradina in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It is known as the tower used for the first Bulgarian National Television broadcasts in 1959.- History :The tower was designed by architect Lyuben...

1959  Kingdom of Bulgaria Sofia 106 m
Zendstation Amsterdam 2002  Netherlands Amsterdam 106 m
RTON Lublin-Raabego ?  Poland Lublin 104 m Radio-TV Transmission Tower
Wannenberg Transmission Tower ?  Germany Wannenberg 103 m
Tsutenkaku
Tsutenkaku
, lit. "Tower Reaching Heaven", owned by Tsūtenkaku Kanko Co., Ltd. is a well-known landmark of Osaka, Japan and advertises Hitachi. It is located in the Shinsekai district of Naniwa-ku, Osaka....

1956  Japan Osaka 103 m
Scream
Scream (Soltau)
thumb|uprightThe Gyro-Drop Tower Scream is an amusement ride in the Heide Park, Soltau, Germany. With a height of to the pinnacle it is the tallest "gyro drop" free-fall ride in the world....

1992  Germany Soltau - Heidepark 103 m Gyro-Drop Tower
Total Tower ?  United States Denver 102.4 m
Kitzbühl Horn transmitter ?  Austria Kitzbühl 102 m
Telecom Telecommunication Tower Heidelberg
Telecom Telecommunication Tower Heidelberg
Telecom Telecommunication Tower Heidelberg is a 102 meter tall telecommunication tower built of reinforced concrete in the late 1950s at on the mountain Königsstuhl near Heidelberg, Germany. Close to it, there is Fernsehturm Heidelberg and Telecommunication Tower of US-Forces Heidelberg...

?  Germany Heidelberg 102 m
Zakopane-Gubałówka transmitter ?  Poland Zakopane 102 m
Transmitter Heilsberg
Transmitter Heilsberg
The transmitter Heilsberg was a large transmitter in the former East Prussia, approximately 3 kilometers northwest of Lidzbark Warmiński at the road from Heilsberg to Preussisch Eylau...

1930  Germany Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland 102 m Twin timber construction, dismantled in 1940
Torre del Mangia
Torre del Mangia
The Torre del Mangia is a tower in Siena, in the Tuscany region of Italy. Built in 1338-1348, it is located in the Piazza del Campo, Siena's premier square, adjacent to the Palazzo Pubblico . When built it was one of the tallest secular towers in mediaeval Italy...

1348  Italy Sienna 102 m
Telecommunication Tower of Munich postal district 1956  Germany Munich 101.6 m
Brotjacklriegl TV Tower 1960  Germany Brotjacklriegel 100.3 m
Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower 1908  United Kingdom Birmingham, England 100 m
Tour Perret 1925  Early Modern France Grenoble 100 m
Puckeridge DECCA tower 194?  United Kingdom Puckeridge 100 m Insulated against ground
Golm transmitter
Golm transmitter
Golm transmitter was a mediumwave broadcasting facility on the area of a former military high school at Golm near Potsdam. It was inaugurated in 1948 as central transmitter for Brandenburg state....

1948  Germany Golm 100 m Timber construction, dismantled on 25 October 1979
Schöckl Transmitter
Schöckl Transmitter
Schöckl Transmitter is a facility for FM- and TV-transmission on the Schöckl Mountain in Steiermark, Austria. It uses as an antenna tower, a 100 metre high lattice tower, which was built in 1956....

1956  Austria Schöckl Mountain 100 m Additionally guyed
Gaisberg Transmitter
Gaisberg Transmitter
Gaisberg Transmitter is a facility for FM and TV-transmission on the Gaisberg mountain near Salzburg, Austria. It was the first large transmitter in Austria finished after the war and started its work on 22 August 1956...

1956  Austria Gaisberg Mountain 100 m
Beppu Tower
Beppu Tower
is a 100-metre-tall lattice tower located in Beppu, Ōita, Japan. Initially built to help boost tourism in the area, today the tower is primarily used as TV transmission tower...

1957  Japan Beppu 100 m
Hakata Port Tower
Hakata Port Tower
Hakata Port Tower is a 103 metre high lattice tower with an observation deck in a height of 73.5 metres in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. Hakata Port Tower was built in 1964.-External links:* http://kyushu.com/fukuoka/places_to_go/hak_port_tower/...

1964  Japan Hukuoka 100 m
Ještěd TV Tower 1968  Czech Republic Jested 100 m
Hokkaido Centennial Monument 1970  Japan Sapporo 100 m
Rainbow Tower
Rainbow Tower
The Rainbow Tower is a 50.3 meter tower located at the Rainbow Plaza Canadian border station of the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Construction on the tower was completed in 1947.-The Rainbow Carillon:...

1973  Japan Niigata 100 m
Bazita Peak TV Tower
Bazita Peak TV Tower
Bazita Peak TV Tower is a broadcasting tower in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary. The TV tower has a antenna atop the main structure and an observation level up the structure. The Alps can be clearly seen from the observation deck...

1975  Hungary Zalaegerszeg
Zalaegerszeg
In 2001 Zalaegerszeg had 61,654 inhabitants . The distribution of religions were, 71.1% Roman Catholic, 3.8% Calvinist, 1.6% Lutheran, 11.6% Atheist .-Notable people:* Lajos Botfy , mayor...

100 m
Holstein Tower
Holstein Tower
Holstein Tower is a 100-metre-high gyro tower in Hansa Park, an amusement park in Sierksdorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Holstein Tower was built in 1988, opposite many other similar structures additionally guyed at the machine unit.-See also:* List of towers...

1988  Germany Sierksdorf 100 m additionally guyed Gyro-Tower
Faro de Moncloa
Faro de Moncloa
The Faro de Moncloa is a 100-metre-high transmission tower with an observation deck at the Plaza De Moncloa, Madrid, Spain. It was projected by architect Salvador Pérez Arroyo and built in 1992. The tower has been closed to the public since 2005....

1992  Spain Madrid 100 m
Transmitter Truc de Fortunio ?  Early Modern France Truc de Fortunio 100 m
Osmolin Radio Tower
Osmolin Radio Tower
Osmolin Radio Tower is a 100 metre tall radio tower built of lattice steel at Osmolin, Poland at . Osmolin Radio Tower is used for directional radio services....

?  Poland Osmolin 100 m
El Bosque 500 2001  Chile Santiago 100 m
Taming Sari Tower 2008  Malaysia Melaka 110 m First revolving tower in Malaysia
Liepāja Radio and TV Transmitter ?  Latvia Liepāja
Liepaja
Liepāja ; ), is a republican city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea directly at 21°E. It is the largest city in the Kurzeme Region of Latvia, the third largest city in Latvia after Riga and Daugavpils and an important ice-free port...

100 m


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rect 57 14 204 701 tokyo sky tree
rect 225 36 353 702 Canton Tower
rect 361 86 452 681 CN Tower
CN Tower
The CN Tower is a communications and observation tower in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Standing tall, it was completed in 1976, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure and world's tallest tower at the time. It held both records for 34 years until the completion of the Burj...


rect 480 110 598 689 Ostankino Tower
Ostankino Tower
Ostankino Tower is a free-standing television and radio tower in Moscow, Russia. Standing tall, Ostankino was designed by Nikolai Nikitin. It is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers, currently the tallest in Europe and 4th tallest in the world. The tower was the first free-standing...


rect 635 181 822 687 Oriental Pearl Tower
Oriental Pearl Tower
The Oriental Pearl Tower is a TV tower in Shanghai, China. The Oriental Pearl Tower is located at the tip of Lujiazui in the Pudong district, by the side of Huangpu River, opposite of The Bund....


rect 860 205 973 692 Milad Tower

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Partially guyed towers

The following towers consist of a free standing basement towers with a guyed structure on the top. The basement can be made of reinforced concrete or of lattice steel. All of the below are over 100 metres.
Tower Year Country Town Pinnacle height Remarks
Gerbrandy Tower
Gerbrandy Tower
The Gerbrandy Tower is a tower which was built in 1961 in the Netherlands.-Description:It is situated in IJsselstein. The Gerbrandy Tower is used for directional radio services and for FM- and TV-broadcasting. The Gerbrandy Tower consists of a concrete tower with a height of 100 meters on which a...

1961 IJsselstein
IJsselstein
IJsselstein is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. IJsselstein received city rights in 1331. IJsselstein owes its name to the river Hollandse IJssel which flows through the city....

366.8 m
Vännäs TV Tower
Vännäs TV Tower
Vännäs TV Tower is a 323 metres tall structure used for FM- and TV-broadcasting near Vännäs in Sweden.It is like Gerbrandytoren a partially guyed tower with a concrete tower as basement and a mast guyed to the ground on the top...

1988 Vännäs
Vännäs
Vännäs, from Wendenäs, ‘where the river changes it path’ is a locality that have existed since 1539. Vännäs is the seat of Vännäs Municipality in Västerbotten County, Sweden and had roughly 4,100 inhabitants in 2005....

323 m
Høiåsmasten
Høiåsmasten
Høiåsmasten is a TV tower used for FM- and TV-transmission near Halden, Norway. Høiåsmasten, built in 1980, is one of the tallest partially guyed towers in the world and with a height of the second tallest tower of Norway. It consists, like the Gerbrandy Tower, of a concrete tower as basement on...

1980 Halden 320 m
Zendstation Smilde
Zendstation Smilde
Zendstation Smilde is a tall, guyed structure similar to the Gerbrandy Tower, built in Hoogersmilde, the Netherlands in 1959 for directional radio services and TV and FM-transmissions. It consists of an 80 metre high reinforced concrete tower and had until a fire accident on July 15, 2011, a guyed...

1959 Smilde 303.5 m Steel upper structure (above 80 meter) destroyed in fire 15 July 2011
Cutler Naval Station 1960 Cutler, Maine ? m
Lyngdal transmitter 1954 Lyngdal ? m http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Lot/2941/towers/lyngdal1.jpg&date=2009-10-25+11:09:16
Geitfjellet transmitter 1962 Grong ? m http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Lot/2941/towers/grong1.jpg&date=2009-10-25+11:09:12
Greipstad transmitter 1958 Greipstad ? m http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Lot/2941/towers/greipstad.jpg&date=2009-10-25+11:09:07
Steinfjellet transmitter ? Bremanger ? m
Lakssvelafjellet transmitter ? Bjerkreim ? m
Brunnby transmitter ? Uppsala
Uppsala
- Economy :Today Uppsala is well established in medical research and recognized for its leading position in biotechnology.*Abbott Medical Optics *GE Healthcare*Pfizer *Phadia, an offshoot of Pharmacia*Fresenius*Q-Med...

225 m
TV Tower Brest - Roc Trédudon 1974 Roc Trédudon 220 m lattice tower as basement
Telecommunication Tower Arhus 1956 Arhus 216.1 m
Nordhue transmitter ? Elverum
Elverum
is a town and municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Elverum...

, Hedmark
Hedmark
is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Akershus. The county administration is in Hamar.Hedmark makes up the northeastern part of Østlandet, the southeastern part of the country. It includes a long part of the borderline with Sweden, Dalarna County and Värmland County. The...

195 m lattice tower as basement
Kékestető TV Tower
Kékestető TV Tower
Kékestető TV Tower is a 178 metres tall TV tower built of reinforced concrete on 1014 metres high Kékestető mountain. Kékestető TV Tower is a partially guyed tower as its antenna mast is guyed to the ground...

? Kékestető 178 m
Gelukskroon transmitter
Gelukskroon transmitter
Gelukskroon transmitter is a large FM-/TV-transmission facility near Pretoria, South Africa It consists of several towers among them a partially guyed lattice tower standing on the roof of a building, which is the tallest tower of the facility, and a telecommunication tower built of concrete.-...

, main tower
? Pretoria ? http://radio.ffgsk.de/pretoria_gelukskroon.php
Brudaremossen masts 1980 Gothenburg 172 m
Sendeturm Dobratsch
Sendeturm Dobratsch
The Sendeturm Dobratsch is a 165m/541ft high radio tower on the Dobratsch mountain in Carinthia, Austria, built in 1971...

1971 Dobratsch Mountain 165 m
Shchyolkovo Radio Mast ? Shchyolkovo 150 m Mast radiator on small lattice towerhttp://foto.mail.ru/mail/leon77-77/rc5/,http://www.radioscanner.ru/forum/index.php?action=vthread&forum=5&topic=27867
Waldenburg TV Tower ? Waldenburg 145 m antenna mast will be dismantled in 2008
Mont Agel Broadcasting Mast 1946 Fontbonne 145 m originally mast radiator with lattice tower as basement, today used for FM-/TV-broadcasting http://mcstory.free.fr/img/ant/fontbonne_54.jpg
Sendeturm Jauerling
Sendeturm Jauerling
The Sendeturm Jauerling is a tower for directional radio services, FM and TV broadcasting on the Jauerling mountain in Austria. Sendeturm Jauerling was built in 1958...

1958 Jauerling 141 m lattice tower as basement
Hoherodskopf
Hoherodskopf
Hoherodskopf is a mountain of Hesse, Germany....

 old telecommunication tower
? Hoherodskopf ? lattice tower as basement, replaced by Hoherodskopf telecommunication tower, http://www.usarmygermany.com/Units/Signal/Taufstein%20prob%201960s%20or%201970s.jpg
Pietricica transmitter ?
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Piatra Neamţ ? http://www.predavatel.com/ro/7/pin.htm#pietricica
Wachberg transmitter ? Weitra 130 m
Mt. Corhanwarrabul, Channel 7 Tower 1956 Mount Dandenong, Victoria
Mount Dandenong, Victoria
Mount Dandenong is both a mountain and small township/suburb of Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 35 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges...

131 m Lattice tower as basement
Torfhaus Telekom Transmitter ? Torfhaus
Torfhaus
Torfhaus is a village in the borough of the mining town of Altenau in the Harz mountains of Germany and lies at a height of about .This small settlement consists mainly of restaurants, youth hostels, ski huts and large car parks. It is the highest settlement in Lower Saxony...

130 m was transformed in a pure guyed mast
Tokaj TV Tower 1960 Tokaj 130 m
Ylojärvi TV Tower ? Ylojärvi 124 m
Transmitter Geiersberg ? Geiersberg 124 m lattice tower as basement
Criuleni TV Tower ?
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Moldova
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...

Criuleni 123 m http://www.frocus.net/images/antennas/Dubasari/mast_sheriff.jpg
Tighina TV Tower ?
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Moldova
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...

Tighina ? m http://frocus.net/images/antennas/Bender/mast_4.jpg
Transmission Tower Lindenfels ? Lindenfels 122 m lattice tower as basement
Transmitter Boppard ? Boppard-Fleckertshöhe 121 m lattice tower as basement
Makarki Directional Radio Tower
Makarki Directional Radio Tower
Makarki Directional Radio Tower is a 120 metre tall tower used for directional radio and FM broadcasting by Polskie Radio - Regionalna , located at in Białystok....

? Makarki 120 m lattice tower as basement
Uzd TV Tower ? Uzd 120 m http://www.panoramio.com/photos/original/5083081.jpg
Transmission Tower Hesselberg ? Hesselberg 119 m lattice tower as basement
Hegyhátsál TV Tower
Hegyhátsál TV Tower
Hegyhátsál TV Tower is a 117 metres tall transmission tower near Hegyhátsál at Hungary at 46°57'21N and 16°39'08E. Hegyhátsál TV tower is a tower is one...

? Hegyhátsál 117 m
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