List of towers

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The following fall under the definition of a tower which is a tall man-made structure, always taller than it is wide, and usually much higher. Towers are generally built to take advantage of their height and can stand alone or as part of a larger structure. Towers as defined here are meant for regular but not living access by humans, and are self supporting (no guy wires). Thus apartment buildings (skyscrapers) and radio/tv masts do not qualify. Chimneys, electricity pylons, and most statues allow human access for maintenance, but not as part of their normal operation, and are therefore not considered to be towers.

Towers by pinnacle height

Towers taller than 250 meters

Rank Name Pinnacle height Year Tower type Country City Remarks
1 CN Tower 553 m 1815 ft 1976 Concrete tower Toronto
2 Ostankino Tower 540.1 m 1772 ft 1967 Concrete tower Moscow 2000 Fire led to renovation
3 Oriental Pearl Tower 467.9 m 1535 ft 1995 Concrete tower Shanghai
4 Milad Tower 435 m 1427 ft 2007 Concrete tower Tehran
5 Menara Kuala Lumpur 421 m 1381 ft 1995 Concrete tower Kuala Lumpur
6 Tianjin Radio and Television Tower 415.2 m 1362 ft 1991 Concrete tower Tianjin
7 Central Radio and TV Tower 405 m 1329 ft 1992 Concrete tower Beijing
8 Kiev TV Tower 385 m 1263 ft 1973 Lattice tower Kiev Tallest free-standing lattice tower of the world
9 Tashkent Tower 374.9 m 1230 ft 1985 Steel tower Tashkent
10 Liberation Tower 372 m 1220 ft 1996 Concrete tower Kuwait City Clad in Ceramics
11 Alma-Ata Tower 371.5 m 1219 ft 1983 Steel tower Almaty
12 Riga Radio and TV Tower 368.5 m 1209 ft 1987 Concrete tower Riga
13 Berliner Fernsehturm 368 m 1207 ft 1969 Concrete tower Berlin
14 Gerbrandytoren Lopik 366.8 m 1203 ft 1961 Partially guyed concrete tower Lopik Original height: 382.5 metres. 1987: height reduction to 375 metres. Further height reduction to 366.8 metres on August 2nd 2007
15 Stratosphere Tower 350.2 m 1149 ft 1996 Concrete tower Las Vegas
16 West Pearl Tower 339 m 1109 ft 2004 Concrete tower Chengdu
17 Macau Tower 338 m 1109 ft 2001 Concrete tower Macau
18 Europaturm 337.5 m 1107 ft 1979 Concrete tower Frankfurt/Main
19 Torrena 336.5 m 1103 ft 2007 Concrete tower Guadalajara
20 Dragon Tower 336 m 1102 ft 2000 Lattice tower Harbin
21 Tokyo Tower 332.6 m 1091 ft 1958 Lattice tower Tokyo
22 Emley Moor TV Tower 330.4 m 1084 ft 1970 Concrete tower Emley Moor, Yorkshire
23 WITI TV Tower 329 m 1078 ft 1962 Lattice tower Shorewood, Wisconsin
24 Sky Tower 328 m 1076 ft 1997 Concrete tower Auckland
25 WSB TV Tower 327.6 m 1075 ft 1957 Lattice tower Atlanta
26 Vilnius TV Tower 327 m 1073 ft 1980 Concrete tower Vilnius
27 Eiffel Tower 324 m 1063 ft 1889 Lattice tower Paris
28 Höiåsmasten 320 m 1050 ft 1980 Partially guyed concrete tower Halden
29 Jiangsu Nanjing TV Tower 318.5 m 1045 ft 1996 Concrete tower Nanjing
30 Aspire Tower 318 1043 ft 2007 Concrete tower Doha
31 KCTV-Tower 317.6 m 1042 ft 1956 Lattice tower Kansas City, Missouri
32 Atlanta Turner Broadcasting Tower 314.3 m 1031 ft 1980 Lattice tower Atlanta, Georgia
33 Tallinn TV Tower 312.3 m 1025 ft 1980 Concrete tower Tallinn
34 TV Tower Yerevan 311.7 m 1017 ft 1977 Lattice tower Yerevan
35 Tortoise Mountain TV Tower 311.4 m 1017 ft ? Concrete tower Wuhan
36 St. Petersburg TV Tower 311.2 m 1021 ft 1962 Lattice tower St. Petersburg
37 Azeri TV Tower 310 m 1017 ft 1996 Concrete tower Baku
38 Sydney Tower 309 m 1014 ft 1981 Concrete tower Sydney
39 Liaoning Broadcast and TV Tower 305.5 m 1002 ft 1989 Concrete tower Shenyang
40 Zendstation Smilde 303.5 m 996 ft 1959 Partially guyed concrete tower Smilde
41 BRTN Toren 300 m 984 ft 1996 Concrete tower Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
42 Mumbai Television Tower 300 m 984 ft ? Lattice tower Mumbai
43 Odessa TV Tower 300 m 984 ft planned Tower Odessa planned TV mast
44 Eureka Tower 297 m 975 ft 2006 ?
45 Sutro Tower 295 m 984 ft 1973 Steel tower San Francisco
46 Zhuzhou Television Tower 293 m 961 ft ? Concrete tower Zhuzhou
47 Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg 292 m 958 ft 1977 Concrete tower Nuremberg
48 Star Tower 291 m 955 ft 1991 Lattice tower Cincinnati, Ohio
49 Olympiaturm 289.5 m 950 ft 1968 Concrete tower Munich
50 Torre de Collserola 288.4 m 946 ft 1992 Concrete tower Barcelona partially guyed
51 Dudelange Radio Tower 285 m 926 ft 1957 Lattice tower Dudelange
52 Telemax 282.2 m 926 ft 1992 Concrete tower Hannover
53 Shijiazhuang TV-tower 280 m 919 ft 1998 Lattice tower Shijiazhuang
54 Heinrich-Hertz-Turm 279.7 m 918 ft 1968 Concrete tower Hamburg
55 Central Plains Pearl TV Tower 278 m 912 ft ? Concrete tower Luoyang
56 Georgia Tbilisi TV Broadcasting Tower 274.5 m 901 ft 1955 Steel tower Tbilisi
57 Hillbrow Tower 269 m 883 ft 1971 Concrete tower Johannesburg
58 Kaifeng TV Tower 268 m 879 ft ? Concrete tower Kaifeng
59 Colonius 266 m 873 ft 1981 Concrete tower Cologne
60 Novorossiysk TV Tower 261 m 856 ft 1996 Concrete tower Novorossiysk
61 Daqing Radio and Television Tower 260 m 853 ft 1989 Concrete tower Daqing
62 Moscow Octod Tower 258 m 846 ft 2006 Lattice tower Moscow
63 Fernmeldeturm Kühkopf 255 m 837 ft 1976 Concrete tower Koblenz-Kühkopf
64 Grodno TV Tower 254 m 833 ft 1984 Lattice tower Grodno
65 Donauturm 252 m 827 ft 1964 Concrete tower Vienna
66 Fernsehturm Dresden-Wachwitz 252 m 827 ft 1969 Concrete tower Dresden
67 Swisscom-Sendeturm St. Chrischona 250 m 820 ft 1984 Concrete tower St. Chrischona
68 Towers of Lafayette transmitter 250 m 820 ft 1920 Lattice tower Marcheprime 8 towers, demolished between 1944 and 1953

Height range between 200 and 250 metres

Tower Year Country Town Pinnacle height Remarks
Jeddah TV Tower 2006 Jeddah 250 m
Longwave transmitter Junglinster 1932 Junglinster 250 m 3 towers, insulated against ground, height since 1980 216 m
Seto Digital Tower 2003 Seto, Aichi 245 m
Shaanxi Provincial TV Tower 1987 Xian 245 m
Astara TV Tower 1981 Astara 244 m maybe +10 m
Vitebsk TV Tower 1983 Vitebsk 244 m maybe +10 m
NSS Annapolis 1936 Annapolis 243.8 m destroyed
Central tower (Königs Wusterhausen) 1925 Königs Wusterhausen 243 m collapsed on November 15, 1972
Kharkiv TV Tower ? Kharkiv 242.5 m
Yakutsk TV Tower 1982 Yakutsk 241 m
Seoul Tower 1975 Seoul 239.7 m tower tops out at 479.7 m (1,574 ft) above sea level (it sits atop Namsan, a mountain).
Menara TVRI 1994 Jakarta 239 m
Foshan TV Tower ? Foshan 238 m
Endem TV Tower 2002 Istanbul 236 m
Bremen-Walle Telecommunication Tower 1986 Bremen-Walle 235.7 m
Pitampura TV Tower 1988 Delhi 235 m
Rheinturm Düsseldorf 1981 Düsseldorf 234.2 m
Fukuoka Tower 1989 Fukuoka 234 m
Sentech Tower 1962 Johannesburg 234 m
Hughes Memorial Tower 1989 Washington, DC 232 m
Transmitter Wavre ? Wavre 232 m
Qingdao TV Tower 1994 Quingdao 232 m
WOR TV Tower 1949 North Bergen, New Jersey 231.65 m dismantled
Torre España 1982 Madrid 231 m
Torre Mayor 2003 Mexico City 230.5 m
Fernmeldeturm Kiel 1972 Kiel 230 m
Friedrich-Clemens-Gerke Tower 1991 Cuxhaven 230 m
Ryan Tower 1968 Chelsea, Quebec 228.9 m
Tower of the Americas 1968 San Antonio, Texas 228.6 m
Torre Espacial 1980 Buenos Aires 228 m
City Gate 1996 Tel Aviv 225 m
Birobidzhan TV Tower 1972 Birobidzhan 225 m
Brasilia TV Tower 1965 Brasilia 224 m
Buková hora TV Tower 1975 Bukova hora, Verneřice 223 m
Fernmeldeturm Münster 42 1986 Münster 222.5 m
Crystal Palace Transmitter 1950 London, Surrey 222 m
TV Tower Brest - Roc Trédudon 1974 Roc Trédudon 220 m partially guyed
Yekaterinburg TV Tower 1989 Yekaterinburg 220 m incomplete, projects 360~420 m
Florianturm 1959 Dortmund 219.6 m
Jilin Broadcast&Television Tower 1996 Jilin 218 m
Guangzhou TV Tower 1991 Guangzhou 217 m
Fernsehturm Stuttgart 1956 Stuttgart-Degerloch 216.8 m World's first concrete TV tower
Telecommunication Tower Arhus 1956 Arhus 216.1 m Partially guyed
Blosenbergturm 1937 Beromünster 216 m Insulated against ground
Prague - Žižkov Television Tower 1992 Prague 216 m
PEMEX Tower 1984 Mexico City 214 m
Torre TV Bandeirantes 1997 São Paulo 212 m
Fernmeldeturm Berlin 1964 Berlin 212 m
Zlatoust TV Tower 1983 Zlatoust 211 m
TV Tower Bol d'Air-Ougrée ? Bol d'Air-Ougrée 210 m
Minaret of Hassan II Mosque 1993 Casablanca 210 m
Arkhangelsk TV Tower 2003 Arkhangelsk 208 m
Cimişlia TV Tower ? Cimişlia 208 m
Transmitter Hornisgrinde 1972 Hornisgrinde 206 m
Novosemeykino transmitter 1942 Novosemeykino, Samara 205 m 4 towers, insulated against ground
Baghdad Tower 1994 Baghdad 205 m Now renamed
Donnersberg TV Tower 1962 Donnersberg 204.82 m
Fernmeldeturm Mannheim 1975 Mannheim 204.8 m
Vyborg TV Tower 1966 Vyborg 204.6 m
Edineţ TV Tower ? Edineţ 204 m
Rousse TV Tower 1987 Rousse 204 m
Daugavpils Radio and TV Tower ? Daugavpils 204 m
Valmiera Radio and TV Tower 1954 Valmiera 204 m
Cesvaine Radio and TV Tower ? Cesvaine 204 m
Rēzekne Radio and TV Tower ? Rēzekne 204 m
TV tower Helpterberge 1981 Helpterberge 203.2 m
Dundaga Radio and TV Tower ? Dundaga 203 m
TV Tower Avala 1965 Belgrade-Avala 202.87 m destroyed on April 29, 1999; reconstruction began in late 2006
Woobang Tower 1992 Daegu 202 m
TRK Orion Tower 2001 Samara 201 m
Stadtwerketurm 1967 Duisburg, Northrhine-Westphalia 200m
Solar Tower Manzanares 1989 Manzanares 200 m destroyed
Kamzik TV Tower 1975 Bratislava 200 m
Guangdong TV Tower 1965 Guangdong 200 m
VRT Zendmast Genk ? Genk 200 m
Gomel TV Tower 1957 Gomel 200 m
Kherson TV Tower ? Kherson 200 m

Height range between 100 and 200 metres

Tower Year Country Town Pinnacle height Remarks
KPN-Zendmast Waalhaven 1962 Rotterdam-Waalhaven 199 m
Zendmast Roermond 1957 Roermond 197.7 m
KPN Tower Hilversum 1973 Hilversum 196 m
Bantiger TV Tower 1996 Bolligen 196 m
Sky Tower Nishitōkyō 1988 Nishitōkyō, Tokyo 195 m
Transmission Tower Blessberg ? Blessberg 195 m
Telstra Tower 1980 Canberra 195 m
Transmission Tower Mulhouse-Belvédère 1997 Mulhouse-Belvédère 194 m
Fernmeldeturm Frauenkopf 1972 Stuttgart-Frauenkopf 192.4 m
Dalian Radio and TV Tower ? Dalian 190.5 m
LORAN-C transmitter Carolina Beach ? Carolina Beach 190.5 m Insulated against ground, collapsed in 1963
380kV Thames Crossing 1965 West Thurrock 190 m
Transmission Tower Mühlacker 1934 Mühlacker 190 m Tallest timber-constructed transmission tower in the world, destroyed on 6 April 1945
Transmitter Sottens, old transmission tower 1948 Sottens 190 m demolished in 1989, insulated against ground
Calgary Tower 1967 Calgary 190 m
Cambridge Bay LORAN Tower 1948 Cambridge Bay 189 m
BT Tower 1964 London 188 m
Transmitter Sottens 1989 Sottens 188 m
Cairo Tower 1961 Cairo 187 m
Uetliberg TV Tower 1990 Zurich-Uetliberg 186.7 m
Euromast 1962 Rotterdam 186 m
Santa Palomba transmitter, Main tower ? Santa Palomba 186 m Free-standing lattice tower equipped with cage antenna for mediumwave broadcasting
Kuwait Towers 1976 Kuwait City 185 + 145.8 m Three tower
TV tower Decquede 1959 Decquede 184.5 m
Space Needle 1962 Seattle 184 m
i360 2008 Brighton 183m Construction to begin 2007
Criggion VLF transmitter 1941 Criggion, Powys 182.9 m 3 towers, demolished
Latinoamericana Tower 1956 Mexico City 182 m
Titanium La Portada 2008 Santiago 181 m
Nagoya TV Tower 1954 Nagoya 180 m
Telecommunication Tower Bungsberg 1977 Bungsberg 179 m
Löffelstelz Transmitter 2000 Bad Mergentheim 179 m
Transmission tower of Moscow Radio Centre 13 ? Balashikha 176 m
Stade Olympique tower
1987 Montreal 175.3 m The highest inclined tower in the world, with its 175-metre elevation and 45-degree angle.
Carew Tower 1929 Cincinnati, Ohio 175 m
Odinstårnet 1935 Odense 175 m destroyed on December 14, 1944
Zendstation Markelo ? Markelo 174.4 m
New Brighton Tower 1900 New Brighton 172.8 m destroyed
Reisenbach Telecommunication Tower 1972 Mudau 173 m
San Jacinto Monument 1939 San Jacinto 171 m
Reunion Tower 1978 Dallas 170.7 m
Costanera Center Torre 1 2010 Santiago 170 m
Costanera Center Torre 2 2010 Santiago 170 m
Riyadh TV Tower 1981 Riyad 170 m
Spinnaker Tower 2005 Portsmouth 170 m
Washington Monument 1884 Washington, DC 169 m / 555 ft 5 in Observation level at 152 m
Zagreb TV Tower 1973 Zagreb 169 m
Azrieli Center Triangular Tower 1996 Tel Aviv 169 m
Fernmeldeturm Bödefeld ? Schmallenberg-Bödefeld 168.7 m
Näsinneula Observation Tower 1971 Tampere 168 m Located at Särkänniemi amusement park
Transmitter Eifel-Bärbelkreuz 1985 Hellenthal-Bärbelkreuz 167 m
Camlica TV Tower 1972 Istanbul 166 m
Menara Alor Star 1998 Alor Star 165.5 m
Transmitter Berlin-Tegel 1933 Berlin 165 m Timber construction, demolished on 16 December 1948
Hünenburg Telecommunication Tower ? Bielefeld-Hühnenburg 165 m also known as Fernmeldeturm Teutoburger Wald
Sendeturm Dobratsch 1971 Dobratsch Mountain 165 m partially guyed
Heubach Telecommunication Tower ? Heubach 164.8 m
Las Vegas Eiffel Tower 1999 Las Vegas 164.6 m Replica of Eiffel Tower
Sendeturm Ismaning 1932 Ismaning 163 m Timber construction, demolished on 16 March 1983
Ochsenkopf TV Tower 1958 Ochsenkopf Mountain 163 m
TV Tower Namur-Profondville ? Namur-Profondville 163 m
Fernmeldeturm Bremerhaven-Schiffdorf ? Bremerhaven-Schiffdorf 163 m
Fernmeldeturm Ulm-Ermingen 1964 Ulm-Ermingen 162 m
Ulm Münster 1377 – 1890 Ulm 161,5 m Tallest church tower in the world
Fernmeldeturm Langenrehm ? Rosengarten-Langenrehm 161 m
Nozema TV Tower Lelystad 1975 Lelystad 161 m
Fernmeldeturm Leer-Nüttermoor ? Leer-Nüttermoor 160 m
Osaka Tower 1966 Osaka 160 m
Shukhov Tower 1922 Moscow 160 m Hyperboloid structure
Skylon Tower 1965 Niagara Falls 160 m
Blackpool Tower 1894 Blackpool 158 m
Gold Tower 1988 Utazu, Kagawa 158 m
Telecommunication Tower Plettenberg ? Plettenberg 158 m
Fernmeldeturm Essen ? Essen 157.5 m
Torre Picasso 1982 Madrid 157 m the tower is similar to World Trade center in New York
Cologne Cathedral 1248-1880 Cologne 157 m Two towers
TV Tower Tournai-Froidmont ? Tournai-Froidmont 157 m
Święty Krzyż TV Tower 1966 Lysa Góra 157 m
Snejanka tower 1978 Pamporovo - Mount Snejanka 156 m also known as Pamporovo TV Tower
Zendstation Roosendaal 1986 Roosendaal 156 m
Mesquite Tower 1990 Mesquite, Texas 155.3 m
Kaknästornet TV Tower 1964 Stockholm 155 m
Funkturm Arsenal ? Vienna 155 m
Nozema TV Tower Goes 1957 Goes 153.5 m also known as Nozema TV Tower
Kaikyo Yume Tower 1996 Shimonoseki 153 m
Telecommunication Tower Willebadessen 1993 Willebadessen 152.5 m also known as Fernsehsender Eggegebirge
Monumento Nacional de Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caidos 1940 El Escorial, Madrid 152.4 m Tallest memorial cross in the world
Croydon Transmitter 1962 London, Surrey 152 m
BT Tower 1967 Birmingham 152 m
RKS Mělník-Chloumek ? Mělník 152 m
RKS Dobrochov ? Dobrochov 152 m
Rouen Cathedral 1145-1876 Rouen 151 m
Funkturm Berlin 1926 Berlin 150 m Only observation tower standing on insulators
Fernsehsender Ebbegebirge 1983 Herscheid 150 m Also known as Fernmeldeturm Waldberg
Longwave transmitter Lahti 1927 Lahti 150 m
RKS Liblice 1 1929-1931 Liblice 150 m
Sendeturm Wiederau 1935 Wiederau 150 m Timber construction, dismantled on 27 October 1953
Mannesmann Tower Vienna 1954 Vienna 150 m
TV Tower Leglise-Anlier ? Leglise-Anlier 150 m
Juche Tower 1982 Pyongyang 150 m
Friedrichsberg Television Tower 2008 Waldenburg 150 m
Zendstation Maastricht ? Maastricht 149.5 m
KPN Tower Haarlem 1968 Haarlem 149 m
KEMA Toren 1969 Arnhem 149 m also known as Tennet Tower or Tennet Toren
132kV Thames Crossing 1932 West Thurrock 148.4 m demolished in 1987
Nordschwarzwaldturm 1974 Schömberg-Langenbrand 148 m
St. Nikolai, Hamburg 1846-1877 Hamburg 147.3 m church ruin
Sapporo TV Tower 1957 Saporro 147.2 m
Pasilan linkkitorni 1983 Helsinki 146 m
Fallturm Bremen 1990 Bremen 146 m
Praděd TV Tower 1983 Praděd Mountain 145.5 m
Kennedy Boulevar (Hotel Marriott) 1999 Santiago 145 m
Sendeturm Langenberg 1934 Velbert-Langenberg 145 m Timber construction, destroyed on 10 October 1935
Sendeturm Hamburg-Billstedt 1934 Hamburg 145 m Timber construction, dismantled in September 1949
Waldenburg TV Tower ? Waldenburg 145 m partially guyed
Funkübertragungsstelle Bergen 1 ? Soltau-Bergen 145 m
Vasco da Gama Tower 1998 Lisboa 145 m
Strasbourg Cathedral 1176–1439 Strasbourg 144 m
Nozema Tower Wormer 1968 Wormer 144 m
Zigong TV Tower 1988 Zigong 143.6 m
Westpoint tower 2004 Tilburg 143.1 m 49 story apartment tower
Selion 1994 Akita 143 m
Zendstation Ugchelen 1959 Ugchelen 142 m
TV Tower Aalen ? Aalen 142 m
Jakobsberg Telecommunication Tower 1978 Porta Westfalica-Jakobsberg 142 m
VW-Tower 1958 Hannover 141 m
Hoherodskopf telecommunication tower ? Schotten-Hoherodskopf 141 m
Sendeturm Jauerling 1958 Jauerling 141 m partially guyed
Transmitter Żórawina 1932 Żórawina, Poland 140 m Timber construction, dismantled in 1990
Monte Mario Tower ? Rome 140 m
Nozema Zendstation Mierlo 1957 Mierlo 139.5 m
Frémont Point Transmitter ? Fremont Point, Jersey 139 m
Bredstedt Telecommunication Transmitter ? Bredstedt 139 m
Twin Arch 138 1995 Ishinomiya 138 m
Colonia-Hochhaus 1973 Colonia 137.5 m
Fernmeldeturm Ansbach ? Ansbach 137.5 m
Fernmeldeturm Hamburg-Bergedorf ? Hamburg-Bergedorf 137.5 m
Hohenstadt Transmission Tower ? Hohenstadt 137 m
Monas 1975 Jakarta 137 m
Fernsehturm Schwerin-Zippendorf 1964 Schwerin-Zippendorf 136.5 m
St. Chrischona, old tower 1962 St. Chrischona 136 m
Montjuic Communications Tower 1992 Barcelona 136 m
Telecommunication Tower Leichlingen ? Leichlingen 136 m
Mount Ślęża transmitter 1972 Mount Ślęża 136 m Additionally guyed
Transmission Tower Hardberg 1951 Hardberg 135 m
Bremen-Farge Weser Powerline Crossing ? Bremen 135 m
Trollhättan TV Tower ? Trollhättan 135 m
Soelvesborg transmitter 1985 Sölvesborg 135 m 2 grounded towers carrying a cage antenna for mediumwave broadcasting
Transmission Tower Emley Moor 1956 Emley Moor, Yorkshire 135 m dismantled
Fernmeldeturm Wahnbeck 1974 Wahnbeck 134 m
Higashiyama Sky Tower 1989 Nagoya 134 m
Telecommunication Tower Lohmar-Birk ? Lohmar 134 m
St. John's Beacon 1965 Liverpool 133 m
Nozema Zendstation The Hague 1965 The Hague 133 m
Telefónica Chile Tower 1996 Santiago 132 m
Aufi 1963 Geislingen-Aufhausen 132 m
TV-toren Ittervoort ? Ittervoort 132 m
Telecommunication Tower Leipzig ? Leipzig 132 m
Kyoto Tower 1964 Kyoto 131 m
Wachberg transmitter ? Weitra 130 m Partially guyed tower
TV Tower Nordhelle 1984 Nordhelle 130 m
Telecommunication tower Großerlach 1985 Großerlach 130 m
Zendstation Loon op Zand 1986 Loon op Zand 130 m
Lezarsk TV Tower ? Lezarsk 130 m Additionally guyed
KPN Tower 2000 Rotterdam 130 m
KUL Control Tower ? Kuala-Lumpur 130 m tallest air-traffic control tower of the world
Schapfen-Mill-Tower 2005 Ulm-Jungingen 130 m tallest silo in the world
Armstrong Tower 1938 Alpine, New Jersey 129.6 m site of the first FM broadcasts
Telecommunication Tower Hüfingen 1976 Hüfingen 129 m
Wells Fargo Center 1998 Salt Lake City 129 m
Telecommunication Tower Wuppertal-Westfalenweg ? Wuppertal 128 m
Piatkowo transmitter, Tower 2 1993 Poznan 128 m
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Licheń 2004 Licheń 128 m
Express Lift Tower 1980-1982 Northampton, Northamptonshire 127.45 m
Torre Entel 1974 Santiago 127.4 m
Pirelli Tower 1959 Milan 127.1 m
VLF transmitter Grimeton 1923 Grimeton 127 m
Science Centre Tower 2001 Glasgow 127 m
Aliant Tower 1971 Moncton 127 m
Raghadan Flagpole 2003 Amman 126.8 m
Sender Inselsberg 1974 Inselsberg Mountain + 126 m Was 43.31 when constructed in 1939
Dreamworld Tower 1997 Dreamworld, Coomera 126.5m
Transmitter Beromünster, backup transmission tower 1937 Beromünster 126 m Insulated against ground
Transmitter Sottens, backup transmission tower 1931 Sottens 125 m Insulated against ground
HBG Prangins 1931 Prangins 125 m two towers
Grobal Tower 1995 Beppu 125 m
FMT 6 - Brackenheim ? Brackenheim 125 m
Craigkelly TV Tower ? Craigkelly 125 m
Chiba Port Tower 1986 Chiba 125 m
Atakule Tower 1989 Ankara 125 m
Transmitter Nuremberg-Kleinreuth 1935 Nuremberg 124 m Timber construction, dismantled in 1935
Transmitter Geiersberg ? Geiersberg 124 m
Tyholttårnet 1985 Trondheim 124 m
Ayer Rajah Telecoms Tower ? Singapore ?
Sender Brocken 1937 and 1974 Brocken Mountain 123 m 95 m on original tower
Mont Pèlerin TV Tower 1974 Mont Pèlerin 122.6 m
Pääskyvuoren linkkitorni 1964 Turku 122 m
Transmission Tower Lindenfels ? Lindenfels 122 m
Transmitter Boppard (partially guyed) ? Boppard-Fleckertshöhe, Rhineland-Palatina, Germany 121 m
Zendstation Megen 1980 Megen 121 m
Fernmeldeturm Duisburg Duisburg 121 m
Longwave transmitter Motala 1927 Motala 120 m
Mannesmann Tower Hannover 1955 Hannover 120 m
Sucha Gora TV Tower 1962 Czamorzeki 120 m
Henninger Turm 1961 Frankfurt/Main 120 m Silo with observation tower
Chennevières Transmitter 1972 Chennevières-sur-Marne 120 m
Directional Radio Tower Le Chasseral 1983 Le Chasseral 120 m
Makarki Directional Radio Tower ? Makarki 120 m lattice tower as basement
Torre de la Industria 1994 Santiago
Spire of Dublin 2003 Dublin 120 m Ireland's tallest sculpture
High Point Place 2006 Florida 120 m
Transmission Tower Hesselberg ? Hesselberg 119 m
Gibloux Radio Tower ? Sorens 118.7 m
Charwelton BT Tower ? Charwelton 118.3 m
Transmitter Kalundborg 1927 Kalundborg 118 m
Radio Tower Gliwice 1935 Gliwice 118 m Tallest existing timber-constructed transmission tower
Bayer Cross Leverkusen 1958 Leverkusen 118 m Tallest light advertisement in the world
Tryvannstårnet 1962 Oslo 118 m
Crossland Tower 1994 Oyabe, Toyama 118 m
Kvitsøy Tower 1981 - 1982 Kvitsoy 117.5 m
Oberhausen gasometer 1929 Oberhausen 117 m
Bullenhausen Elbe Powerline Crossing ? Bullenhausen 117 m
Silistra TV Tower 1979 Silistra 117 m
Lisebergstornet 1990 Göteborg 116.1 m
Transmitter Heilsberg 1935 Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland 115 m Timber construction, dismantled in 1940
Observation tower of la Cité de l'Énergie ? Shawinigan, Quebec 115 m
Bernauer Birzel ? Bernau 115 m
Jagodnik transmitter ? Jagodnik 115 m
Pollonius 1992 Köln-Porz 115 m
Helgoland Radio Tower 2000 Helgoland 115 m Additionally guyed
Torre CCU 2007 Santiago 115 m
Wilhelmshaven Nautical Office Antenna Tower 1977 Wilhelmshaven 114.1 m
Torrazzo of Cremona 1309 Cremona 112.7 m
Domtoren 1328 Utrecht 112.5 m Free standing medieval church tower, see also List of tallest churches
Torre Centenario 2000 Santiago 112 m
Transmission Tower La Dole 1958 La Dole 112 m
Swingate Transmitter ? Swingate, Kent 111 m 3 towers
AWA Tower 1938-39 Sydney, NSW 111 m 46m antenna tower atop building
Carlsberg Sky Tower 2004 Sentosa Island 110 m Tallest free standing observation tower in Asia
Bytkow TV Tower ? Siemianowice Śląskie 110 m
Fleckendorf Radio Tower 1955 Ansfelden 110 m
Exelberg Telecommunication Tower Vienna 109 m
Transmitter Witthoh 1951 Emmingen-Liptingen 108 m
Kobe Port Tower 1963 Kobe 108 m
Radio Tower of School for Radiotechnology Nuremberg ? Nuremburg 108 m
Vitosha Mountain TV Tower 1985 Vitosha Mountain 108 m
Tour Hertzienne TDF de Romainville 1984 Paris-Romainville 108 m also known as Tour Relais TDF
Goryokaku Tower 2006 Hakodate 107 m
Torre BBVA 1979 Madrid 107 m
Torre Jaume I 1931 Barcelona 107 m connected with Torre Sant Sebastia by an aerial tramway
Transmitter Koblenz 1934 Koblenz 107 m Timber construction, dismantled in 1965
Transmitter Trier 1935 Trier 107 m Timber construction, dismantled in 1948
Yokosuka Microwave Communications Site ? Yokosuka 106.7 m demolished
Bremerhaven Radar Tower 1965 Bremerhaven 106.1 m
Torre Windsor 1975 Madrid 106 m the tower had a carasteristic gold shine
Iglica 1948 Wroclaw 106 m
Yokohama Marine Tower 1961 Yokohama 106 m
Zendstation Amsterdam 2002 Amsterdam 106 m
Wannenberg Transmission Tower ? Wannenberg 103 m
Tsutenkaku 1956 Osaka 103 m
Scream 1992 Soltau - Heidepark 103 m Gyro-Drop Tower
Kitzbühl Horn transmitter ? Kitzbühl 102 m
Telecom Telecommunication Tower Heidelberg ? Heidelberg 102 m
Zakopane-Gubałówka transmitter ? Zakopane 102 m
Transmitter Heilsberg 1930 Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland 102 m Twin timber construction, dismantled in 1940
Torre del Mangia 1348 Sienna 102 m
Telecommunication Tower of Munich postal destrict 1956 Munich 101.6 m
Brotjacklriegl TV Tower 1960 Brotjacklriegel 100.3 m
Central Tower Deutsch-Altenburg Radio Station 1925 Dutsch-Altenburg 100 m demolished
Tour Perret 1925 Grenoble 100 m
Edifico Telefónica 1926 Madrid 100 m
Puckeridge DECCA tower 194? Puckeridge 100 m Insulated against ground
Golm transmitter 1948 Golm 100 m Timber construction, dismantled on 25 October 1979
Schöckl Transmitter 1956 Schöckl Mountain 100 m Additionally guyed
Gaisberg Transmitter 1956 Gaisberg Mountain 100 m
Beppu Tower 1957 Beppu 100 m
Hakata Port Tower 1964 Hukuoka 100 m
Ještěd TV Tower 1968 Jested 100 m
Hokkaido Centennial Monument 1970 Sapporo 100 m
Rainbow Tower 1973 Niigata 100 m
Holstein Tower 1988 Sierksdorf 100 m additionally guyed Gyro-Tower
Faro de Moncloa 1992 Madrid 100 m
Transmitter Truc de Fortunio ? Truc de Fortunio 100 m
Osmolin Radio Tower ? Osmolin 100 m
El Bosque 500 2001 Santiago 100 m
Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower 1908 Birmingham, England 100 m

Height range between 50 and 100 metres

Tower Year Country Town Pinnacle height Remarks
Minolta Tower 1962 Niagara Falls 99 m
Vodafone-Funkturm Stuttgart-Vaihingen 1998 Stuttgart-Vaihingen 98.6 m
St Mark's Campanile 1912 Venice 98.6 m Reconstruction. Original (1514) tower collapsed in 1902.
Telecommunication Tower Wuppertal-Küllenhahn ? Wuppertal 98.5 m
Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren 1470 Amersfoort 98.3 m
Mount Ślęża transmitter 1958 Mount Ślęża 98 m Replaced in 1972 by 136 metre tall tower
Stokenchurch BT Tower 1968 Stokenchurch 97.5 m
Asinelli Tower 1109-1119 Bologna 97.2 m
Torii-Tower 1972 Gusborn 97 m Double tower
Cholfirst Radio Tower 1973 Flurlingen 96 m
Top of the World ? Geiselwind 95 m Was former world's tallest transportable ride
Pfänder Transmitter 1956 Pfänder Mountain 94.7 m
Fernsehturm Kulpenberg 1964 Kulpenberg Mountain 94 m
Schlemmin TV Tower 1967 Bernritt 94 m
Transmitter Santa Maria di Galeria ? Santa Maria di Galeria 94 m exclave of Vatican City
Pillar of Gant Hohtaelli Aerial Tramway 1998 Zermatt 94 m
Sather Tower 1914 Berkeley, California 93.6 m
Funkturm Stuttgart 1966 Stuttgart 93 m
Directional Radio Tower Stuttgart-Möhringen 1975 Stuttgart 93 m
Directional Radio Tower Ansfelden 1978 Ansfelden 93 m
Directional Radio Tower Mühlacker 2004 Mühlacker 93 m
Grünten Transmission Tower 1951 Grünten Mountain 92 m
UNITIC World Trade Towers 1972 Sarajevo 92 m
Eric Williams Plaza 1986 Port-of-Spain 92 m Twin towers - the tallest buildings in the English-speaking Caribbean
55 Public Square 1958 Cleveland, Ohio 91 m
Utbremen Radio Tower 1933 Bremen 90 m wood tower, destroyed by lightning
Schorni ? Schorndorf 90 m
TVP 3 Katowice 1966 Katowice 90 m
TV Tower Słupsk 1991 Słupsk 90 m
Zendstation Zwollerkerspel 1985 Zwollerkerpsel 90 m
Transmitter Puy de Dôme 1956 Puy de Dôme 89 m
Utsunomiya Tower 1980 Utsunomiya 89 m
Hermesturm 1958 Hannover 88.8 m
Nicholas Tower 2003 Port-of-Spain 88 m
Sud Radio Transmitter Pic Blanc 1972 Pic Blanc 86 m two towers
Tour metallique de Fourviere 1894 Lyon 85.9 m
Hoover Tower 1941 Stanford University 85.5 m
Beyazit Fire Tower 1828 Istanbul 85 m
Laboe Naval Memorial 1936 Laboe 85 m
Pillar II of Eibsee Aerial Tramway 1962 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 85 m
380kV-Ems-Overhead Powerline Crossing ? Mark (south of Weener) 84 m
Giotto's Bell Tower 1359 Florence 84.7 m
Cruz Del Tercer Milenio 2001 Coquimbo 83 m
Fremersberg Tower ? Baden-Baden 83 m
Fernsehturm Heidelberg 1958 Heidelberg 82 m
Mamayev Kurgan Wolgograd 82 m Tallest statue in the world
Sender Feldberg/Black Forest 195?/2003 Feldberg/Black Forest 82 m + 75 m Two towers built of concrete
Sunsphere 1982 Knoxville 81.07 m
Transmission site Landespolizeidirektion Karlsruhe 1976 Wildberg-Deckenpfronn 81 m
Clifton Hill Shot Tower 1882 Melbourne 80.16 m
Centennial Monument of Wakkanai Foundation 1980 Wakkanai, Hokkaido 80 m
Fair Tower Cologne ? Cologne 80 m
Telecommunication Tower of US-Forces Heidelberg ? Heidelberg 80 m
Transmission Tower Les Ordons ? Les Ordons 80 m
AFNORTH Radio Tower ? Brunssum 80 m
Torre Sant Sebastia 1931 Barcelona 78 m connected with Torre Jaume I by an aerial tramway
Torre dos Clérigos 1763 Porto 76 m Granite stone
Piatkowo transmitter, Tower 1 1963 Poznan 76 m
OTE Tower 1966 Thessaloniki 76 m
Directional Radio Tower Konstantynow 1974 Gabin-Konstantynow 76 m
Bell tower Olympic Stadium Berlin 1962 Berlin 75 m
El Escorial 1584 Madrid 75 m
Rhyl Skytower 1986 Rhyl 75 m
Stadelheim Transmitter 1926 Munich-Stadelheim 75 m Twin timber construction, disused after December 1933
Torre del Reformador 1935 Guatemala Guatemala City 75 m
Pylon in the artificial lake of Santa Maria 1959 Lake of Santa Maria 75 m Pylon in an artificial lake
Puijo tower 1963 Kuopio 75 m
Victoria Tower 1886 Greenock 74.7 m
Gräbersberg Observation Tower 1998 Alpenrod 73 m
Water Tower Leverkusen-Bürrig 1978 Leverkusen 72.45 m
Gonbad-e Qabus 1006 Golestan 72 m Built as a tomb for a King
Ashton Moss Transmitter ? Ashton-under-Lyne ? 3 towers, insulated against ground
Radio Tower Colmar ? Colmar 72 m
Radio Tower Bonhoure ? Toulouse 72 m
Pohorje transmitter ? Maribor 72 m Additionally guyed
Miskolc-Avas TV Tower 1966 Miskolc 72 m
Torres Blancas 1964 Madrid 71 m the tower was premied in 1979
Transmission Tower Morschwiller ? Morschwiller-le-Bas 70.50 m
Zeesen short-wave transmitter (1931) 1931 Zeesen </