list of the world's tallest structures

This is a list of the all the world's tallest structures, past and present of any type. Structures no longer standing are in italics. Most of the tallest structures are television broadcasting masts, followed by a mix of the taller tower-type structure (like the CN Tower) and the taller high rises buildings (like the Sears Tower). Scattered among these are other structures including oil platforms, electrical towers, bridge towers, etc. List is organized by absolute height since it includes many different classes of structures.

  A minimum height limit of 300 m is used for practical purposes to keep the list to a reasonable length.

See: List of masts, List of towers, List of Skyscrapers, United States tallest structures

eight (m)	Structure
648.38 m	Warszawa radio mast, Konstantynw, Poland (destroyed 1991)
628.8 m	KVLY-TV mast, Blanchard, North Dakota
627.9 m	KXJB-TV mast, Galesburg, North Dakota
624.5 m	KXTV/KOVR Tower, US
615.1 m	KLDE Tower, Angleton, Texas
610 m	Petronius Platform, Gulf of Mexico
609.6 m	KCAU TV Tower, US
609.6 m	KATV Tower, US
609.6 m	WECT TV6 Tower , US
609.6 m	KOLR/KOZK Tower (KYTV Tower 1) , US
609.6 m	WOI-Tower, US
609.6 m	Des Moines Hearst-Argyle Television Tower Alleman , US
609.6 m	WEAU-Tower , US
609.6 m	Diversified Communications Tower , US
609.6 m	AFLAC Tower , US
609.6 m	WBTV-Tower , US
609.6 m	Hearst-Argyle Tower , US
609.6 m	WTTO Tower , US
609.6 m	WCSC-Tower , US
609.6 m	KTVE-Tower , US
609.6 m	WCTV Tower , US
609.6 m	TV Alabama Tower , US
609.6 m	KDLT Tower , US
609.5 m	WRAL HDTV Mast , US
609.4 m	KY3 Tower , US
609.4 m	SpectraSite Tower Thomasville , US
609.3 m	WCKW/KSTE-Tower (Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower, LA) , US
609.3 m	American Towers Tower Elkhart , US
609.3 m	Salem Radio Properties Tower , US
609 m	WLBT Tower , US
608.4 m	KYTV Tower 2 , US
608.38 m	Radio Tower Hoyt, US
608.1 m	Service Broadcasting Tower Decatur , US
607.8 m	Channel 40 Tower , US
607.8 m	WNCN Tower , US
607.2 m	KHYS Tower , US
607 m	Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower Devers , US
607 m	Media General Tower , US
606.2 m	Eastern North Carolina Broadcasting Tower , US
606.2 m	WNCN Tower , US
605 m	KELO TV Tower , US
605 m	WITN Tower (Gray Television Tower) , US
604.7 m	Noe Corp Tower , US
603.6 m	Pappas Telecasting Tower , US
602 m	KHOU-TV Tower , US
601.3 m	Richland Towers Tower Missouri City , US
600.7m	Senior Road Tower , US
600.5 m	KTRK-TV Tower , US
600.5 m	Houston Tower Joint Venture Tower , US
600.5 m	American Towers Tower Missouri City , US
600.4 m	Fox-TV Tower , US
600 m	Mississippi Telecasting Tower , US
600 m	WCNC-TV Tower , US
600 m	Capstar Radio Tower , US
599 m	KDUH/CH4 TV Mast (collapsed) , US
598.3 m	American Towers Tower Liverpool , US
598 m	Media General Tower Dillon , US
597.4 m	Duffy-Shamrock Joint Venture Tower , US
597.4 m	AMFM Tower Collinsville , US
596.6 m	Cosmos Broadcasting Tower Winnabow , US
592.6 m	Spectra Site Communications Tower Robertsdale , US
592.4 m	CBC Real Estate Co. Inc Tower , US
589.4 m	Cosmos Broadcasting Tower Grady , US
588 m	KKHT Radio Mast , US
587.9 m	American Towers Tower Columbia , US
587.6 m	Sonsinger Managment Tower , US
587.3 m	Cedar Rapids TV Tower , US
586.4 m	Channel 6 Tower Eddy , US
585.2 m	Entravision Texas Tower , US
584 m	Multimedia Associates Tower , US
582.8 m	WFMY Tower , US
582.3 m	American Towers Tower Randleman , US
579.9 m	American Towers Tower Robertsdale , US
579.42 m	WDJR-FM Tower , US
578.8 m	Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower Redfield , US
572.8 m	Cox Radio Tower , US
572.7 m	Media General Tower Spanish Fort , US
571.1 m	WFTV Tower Saint Cloud , US
567.1 m	Capstar Radio Operating Gray Court Tower , US
565.1 m	KLKN Tower , US
561.3 m	Pinnacle Towers Tower Princeton , US
561.1 m	WTVJ Tower Princeton , US
559.6 m	Pappas Partnership Stations Tower Gretna , US
559.02 m	KBIM Tower , US
559 m	Tulsa Tower Joint Venture Tower Oneta , US
554 m	CN Tower, Toronto
540 m	Ostankino Tower, Moscow
527 m	World Trade Center Tower One, New York City (destroyed 2001)
520 m	Sears Tower, Chicago
508 m	Taipei 101, Taipei
487 m	WGME-TV mast, Raymond, Maine
468 m	Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai, China
465 m	BREN-Tower, Nevada Test Site
452 m	Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur
443 m	Empire State Building, New York City
\|\|Milad Tower, Tehran, Iran (under construction, height to be 435 m)
427 m	Omega Navigational Mast Woodside
422 m	Chimney of coal fired power station Ekibastusz, Kazakhstan
421 m	Jin Mao Building, Shanghai
421 m	Menara Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
415 m	World Trade Center Tower Two, New York City (destroyed 2001)
415 m	Tianjin Radio and Television Tower, Tianjin
412 m	Two International Finance Centre, Hong Kong
412 m	Gufusklar, Iceland
405 m	Central Radio and TV Tower, Beijing, China
391 m	CITIC Plaza, Guangzhou
388 m	Tower Zero, Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt, Exmouth, Western Australia
384 m	Shun Hing Square, Shenzhen
387 m	Tuntex 85 Sky Tower, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
385 m	Belmont Transmitter, UK
384 m	Kiev TV Tower, Kiev, Ukraine
381 m	Inco Superstack, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
378.4 m	Central Plaza, Hong Kong
375 m	Tashkent Tower, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
375 m	Gerbrandy Tower, Lopik, Netherlands
372 m	Liberation Tower, Kuwait
371.5 m	Alma-Ata Tower, Alma Ata, Kazakhstan
369 m	Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong
368.5 m	Riga Radio and TV Tower, Riga, Latvia
368.03 m	Berliner Fernsehturm, Berlin
365 m	VLF transmitter Skelton, Skelton, UK
363 m	longwave transmitter Donebach, Donebach, Germany
360 m	Trbovlje Chimney, Trbovlje, Slovenia
360 m	Transmitter Olsztyn-Pieczewo, Olsztyn, Poland
360 m	Longwave transmitter Ingoy, Ingoy, Norway
359.7 m	Longwave transmitter Zehlendorf, Germany
358.9 m	VLF transmitter DHO38, Germany
358.9 m	Richtfunkstelle Berlin-Frohnau, Berlin, Germany
355 m	Emirates Tower One, Dubai
355 m	First Canadian Place, Toronto
355 m	FM- and TV-mast Kosztowy, Poland
350 m	Stratosphere, Las Vegas
350 m	Longwave transmitter Allouis, France
350 m	Sendemast SL3 (destroyed), Germany
347 m	T&C Tower, Kaohsiung
346 m	Amoco Building, Chicago
346 m	The Center, Hong Kong
346 m	FM- and TV-mast Zygry, Poland
344 m	John Hancock Center, Chicago
344 m	Transmitter Gartow (Mast 2), Germany
342 m	FM- and TV-mast Piaski, Poland
340 m	FM- and TV-mast Klepaczka, Poland
338 m	Macau Tower, Macau
337.5 m	Europaturm, Frankfurt, Germany
337 m	Deutschlandsender Herzberg/Elster(destroyed), Germany
335 m	Longwave transmitter Raszyn, Poland
333 m	Tokyo Tower, Tokyo
330 m	Emley Moor mast, Emley Moor
330 m	Transmitter Roumoules, France
330 m	Longwave-transmitter Solec Kujawski (Mast 1), Poland
330 m	Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang
328 m	Sky Tower, Auckland
327 m	SC Lithuanian Radio and Television Centre, Lithuania
327 m	FM- and TV-mast Milki k. Gizycka, Poland
327 m	Transmitter Gartow (Mast 1), Germany
323 m	FM- and TV-mast Behren-Bekel, Germany
323 m	Longwave radio mast Burg, Germany
322 m	Sky Central Plaza, Guangzhou
320 m	Baiyoke Tower, Bangkok
320 m	FM- and TV-mast Rusinowo, Poland
320 m	FM- and TV-mast Trzeciewiec, Poland
320 m	FM- and TV-mast Limza, Poland
320 m	FM- and TV-mast Zolwieniec, Poland
320 m	FM and TV-mast Wesel, Germany
319 m	Chrysler Building, New York City
317 m	FM- and TV-mast Chwaszczyno, Poland
314 m	Lakihegy Tower, Hungary
314 m	FM- and TV-mast Jemiolow, Poland
312.3 m	Tallinn TV Tower, Talinn, Estonia
312 m	Nations Bank Plaza, Atlanta
310 m	U.S. Bank Tower, Los Angeles
310 m	Azeri TV Tower, Azerbaijan
310 m	St. Petersburg TV Tower, Russia
309.4 m	Winter Hill TV Mast, UK
305 m	J.P. Morgan Chase Tower, Houston
305 m	AMP Tower, Sydney
305 m	VRT Zendstation Egem, Belgium
303.5 m	Zendstation Smilde, Netherlands
302 m	Sender Scharteberg, Deutschland
302 m	Sender Bielstein, Deutschland
301 m	Eiffel Tower, Paris
301 m	Sender Langenberg, Deutschland
300 m	Commerzbank Tower, Frankfurt
300 m	BRTN Toren, Belgium
300 m	Transmitter Hamburg-Billstedt, Hamburg, Germany
300 m	Transmitter Kalisz-Miskat, Poland
300 m	FM- and TV-mast Hosingen, Luxemburg
300 m	Transmitter Roumoules, France

List Of The World's Tallest Structures

See also