This is a part of the list of tallest structures in the world, past and present of any type.
This list includes quite a lot of masts. A mast is a man-made support structure, commonly used on sailing ships as support for sails, or on land as radio masts and towers used to support telecommunication equipment such as radio antennas ("aerials" in the UK).
Other parts are:
See the first part for terminology and general introduction.
indicates a structure that is no longer standing.
indicates a guyed mast.
Name | Pinnacle height in metres | Year | Structural type | Main use | Country | Town | Remarks | Coordinates | ||
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153 Richland Towers Tower Cedar Hill 2[1] | 1,635 feet | 498.4 metres | 2000 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Cedar Hill, Texas | 32.5433°N -96.9592°W | |||
155 WWRR Renda Tower | 1,631 feet | 497 metres | 1987 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Kingsland, Georgia | 30.8214°N -81.7369°W | |||
156 QueenB Television Tower | 1,627 feet | 496 metres | 1964 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Galesville, Wisconsin | Height reduced to 484.3 metres | 44.0911°N -91.3381°W | ||
157 KDEB Tower | 1,627 feet | 496 metres | 1968 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Fordland, Missouri | also known as American Towers Tower Fordland, dismantled | 37.1947°N -92.9356°W | ||
1,627 feet | 495.9 metres | 2004 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Kevil, Kentucky | 37.192°N -88.9814°W | ||||
NVG-Amarillo Tower | 1,626 feet | 495.6 metres | 1969 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Amarillo, Texas | 35.375°N -101.8828°W | |||
1,624 feet | 495 metres | 1959 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Raymond, Maine | World's tallest structure, 1959–1960 | 43.9246°N -70.4908°W | |||
Sinclair Television Tower Oklahoma | 1,619 feet | 493.5 metres | 1979 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 35.5495°N -97.4886°W | |||
1,614 feet | 492 metres | 2008 | Skyscraper | Office, hotels, residential | Shanghai | 31.2367°N 121.5028°W | ||||
Umm Qasr TV Mast | 1,614 feet | 492 metres | ? | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Umm Qasr | 30.0595°N 47.8874°W | |||
WJJY TV Mast | 1,611 feet | 491 metres | 1969 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Bluffs, Illinois | collapsed in 1978 | 39.7642°N -90.5153°W | ||
Media General Tower Jackson | 1,611 feet | 491 metres | 1989 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Jackson, Mississippi | 32.2408°N -90.4042°W | |||
1,611 feet | 491 metres | 2001 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Brevard, North Carolina | 35.1822°N -82.6819°W | ||||
1,610 feet | 490.7 metres | 1956 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Caprock, New Mexico | also known as KSWS-TV Transmitter, World's tallest structure, 1956–1959, collapsed in 1960 at storm, rebuilt afterwards | 33.3754°N -103.7706°W | |||
Joint Venture TV Tower Bithlo | 1,608 feet | 490.2 metres | 1992 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Bithlo, Florida | 28.5653°N -81.0536°W | |||
American Towers Tower Bithlo | 1,605 feet | 489.5 metres | 1984 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Bithlo, Florida | 28.5811°N -81.0753°W | |||
Local TV Oklahoma Tower | 1,601 feet | 488.3 metres | 1965 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | also known as WKY TV Mast | |||
WCOM-TV Mansfield, Ohio | 1,601 feet | 488 metres | 1988 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Butler, Ohio | Was the tallest structure in Ohio until it was dismantled in 1995 | 40.5889°N -82.4256°W35.5686°N -97.4892°W | ||
Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower Boykin | 1,600 feet | 487.8 metres | 1997 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Boykin, Georgia | 31.1535°N -84.544°W | |||
WVFJ Tower Saint Marks | 1,600 feet | 487.7 metres | 1998 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Saint Marks, Georgia | 33.0847°N -84.77°W | |||
Paramount Tower Oklahoma | 1,596 feet | 486.4 metres | 1980 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | Dismantled in 2011 | 35.5894°N -97.4842°W | ||
1,593 feet | 485.5 metres | 1972 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Woodland, Mississippi | 33.7944°N -89.0878°W | ||||
1,587 feet | 483.7 metres | 2002 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Cedar Hill, Texas | 32.5788°N -96.9536°W | ||||
GBC LP DBA Tower | 1,582 feet | 482.2 metres | 1997 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Cedar Hill, Texas | dismantled | 32.5786°N -96.9536°W | ||
1,579 feet | 481.3 metres | 1986 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Apex, North Carolina | 35.7142°N -78.8175°W | ||||
1,578 feet | 481 metres | 1998 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Cedar Hill, Texas | 32.585°N -96.9783°W | ||||
1,576 feet | 480.5 metres | 1954 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | also known as KWTV Tower, World's tallest structure, 1954–1956, Dismantled in 2015 | 35.5496°N -97.4973°W | |||
Viacom Tower Riverview | 1,575 feet | 480 metres | 1998 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 27.8297°N -82.2661°W | ||||
Tampa Tower General Partnership Tower Riverview | 1,573 feet | 479.4 metres | 1987 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Riverview, Florida | 27.8425°N -82.2622°W | |||
Riverview Florida West Coast Public Broadcasting Tower | 1,572 feet | 479.1 metres | 1999 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Riverview, Florida | 27.8476°N -82.2637°W | |||
American Towers Tower Riverview | 1,568 feet | 478 metres | 2001 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Riverview, Florida | 27.8197°N -82.2606°W | |||
KBSI TV Mast | 1,567 feet | 477.6 metres | 1983 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Cape Girardeau, Missouri | 37.4064°N -89.5622°W | |||
Media General Tower Saint Ansgar | 1,565 feet | 477.1 metres | 1964 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Saint Ansgar, Iowa | 43.3722°N -92.8333°W | |||
Red River Broadcast Tower Salem | 1,565 feet | 477 metres | 1976 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Salem, South Dakota | 43.6322°N -97.3736°W | |||
Hearst-Argyle Television Tower | 1,563 feet | 476.4 metres | 1963 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 35.5625°N -97.4903°W | |||
Augusta Tower | 1,561 feet | 475.6 metres | 2003 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Jackson, South Carolina | 33.4058°N -81.8335°W | |||
WAGT TV Tower | 1,560 feet | 475.5 metres | 1985 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Beech Island, South Carolina | 33.4214°N -81.8383°W | |||
KPLX Tower | 1,559 feet | 475.1 metres | 1969 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Cedar Hill, Texas | 32.5817°N -96.9758°W | |||
1,558 feet | 474.9 metres | 1961 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Vivian, Louisiana | 32.9031°N -94.0056°W | ||||
Mississippi Authority for Educational Television Tower | 1,558 feet | 474.9 metres | 2000 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Raymond, Mississippi | 32.1917°N -90.4061°W | |||
KRRT TV Tower | 1,553 feet | 473.3 m | 1985 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Lake Hills, Texas | 29.6108°N -98.8928°W | |||
Hearst-Argyle Tower Watsonville | 1,552 feet | 473.1 metres | 1984 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Watsonville, California | 37.0578°N -121.7761°W | |||
Media General Tower Forest Hill | 1,552 feet | 473 metres | 1965 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Forest Hill, Louisiana | 31.0378°N -92.4958°W | |||
WVAH Tower | 1,552 feet | 473 m | 1980 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Scott Depot, West Virginia | destroyed on 19 February 2003 | 38.4208°N -81.9239°W | ||
American Towers Tower Cedar Hill 2 | 1,551 feet | 472.7 metres | 1980 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Cedar Hill, Texas | 32.5894°N -96.9703°W | |||
1,549 feet | 472.1 metres | 1962 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Walnut Grove, California | 38.2472°N -121.5019°W | ||||
SpectraSite Tower Holopaw | 1,549 feet | 472.1 metres | 1997 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Holopaw, Florida | 28.0939°N -81.1242°W | |||
1,549 feet | 472 m | 1996 | Offshore platform | Oil drilling | North Sea | |||||
Large masts of INS Kattabomman | 1,545 feet | 471 m | 2014 | Guyed mast | VLF-transmission | 8.3785°N 77.744°W ; 8.375°N 77.7559°W | ||||
Morris Tower Perkston | 1,540 feet | 469.4 m | 1986 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Perkston, Mississippi | 30.7469°N -89.0583°W | |||
Capstar Radio Tower Mooresville | 1,539 feet | 469.2 m | 1986 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Mooresville, North Carolina | 35.5325°N -80.7961°W | |||
Mississippi Authority for Educational TV Tower Mchenry | 1,539 feet | 469 m | 2003 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | McHenry, Mississippi | 30.7553°N -88.9456°W | |||
1,538 feet | 468.7 m | 1969 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Holiday, Florida | Dismantled in 2012 | 28.1847°N -82.7606°W | |||
1,537 feet | 468.4 m | 1989 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Cedar Hill, Texas | 32.5875°N -96.9667°W | ||||
1,535 feet | 468 m | 1997 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Cedar Hill, Texas | 32.5853°N -96.9686°W | ||||
Qurayyat Transmitter, Mast 1 | 1,535 feet | 468 m | ? | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission? | 31.586°N 37.9004°W | ||||
1,535 feet | 467.9 m | 1994 | Concrete tower | Observation, UHF/VHF-transmission | Shanghai | 31.2417°N 121.495°W | ||||
Richland Towers Tower Lonsdale | 1,534 feet | 467.6 m | 2003 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Knoxville, Tennessee | 35.9957°N -83.9564°W | |||
WFLX Channel 29 Tower | 1,533 feet | 467.2 m | 1982 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Green Acres, Florida | 26.5772°N -80.2419°W | |||
Lewis JR Tower 1 | 1,532 feet | 467 m | 1990 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Bloomingdale, Georgia | 32.0461°N -81.3406°W | |||
1,531 feet | 466.6 m | 1974 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Savannah, Georgia | 32.06°N -81.345°W | ||||
Outlet Broadcasting Tower | 1,531 feet | 466.5 m | 1987 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Clayton, North Carolina | Dismantled in 2012 | 35.6167°N -78.4728°W | ||
Ime Media Tower | 1,530 feet | 466.3 m | 1997 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Mullins, South Carolina | 34.1889°N -79.1831°W | |||
1,530 feet | 466.3 m | 1997 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Mullins, South Carolina | |||||
Texas Tall Tower Elmendorf 2 | 1,530 feet | 466.3 m | 2001 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Elmendorf, Texas | 29.2699°N -98.2655°W | |||
Outlet Communications Tower Clayton | 1,529 feet | 466 m | 1987 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Clayton, North Carolina | Dismantled in 2012 | 35.6172°N -78.4769°W | ||
WXTB TV-Tower | 1,529 feet | 466 m | 2009 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Holiday, Florida | 28.1825°N -82.7681°W | |||
1,526 feet | 465.1 m | 1958 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Lugoff, South Carolina | 34.125°N -80.7561°W | ||||
Raycom America Tower Huntsville | 1,526 feet | 465.1 m | 1982 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Huntsville, Alabama | 34.7109°N -86.5353°W | |||
Texas Tall Tower Elmendorf | 1,524 feet | 464.5 m | 1958 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Elmendorf, Texas | 29.2697°N -98.2656°W | |||
Nebraska Education Tower Bassett | 1,524 feet | 464.4 m | 1987 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Bassett, Nebraska | 42.3347°N -99.4842°W | |||
BREN Tower | 1,523 feet | 464 m | 1962 | Guyed mast | Nuclear science | Jackass Flats, Nevada | Dismantled in May 2012 | 36.7806°N -116.2436°W | ||
Channel 34 TV Tower Palm City | 1,521 feet | 463.5 m | 1981 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Palm City, Florida | 27.1222°N -80.3886°W | |||
WPBF Tower Martin County | 1,520 feet | 463.4 m | 1988 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Martin County, Florida | 27.1219°N -80.3947°W | |||
WPBF Tower Martin County | 1,520 feet | 463.3 m | 1988 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Martin County, Florida | 27.1217°N -80.3944°W | |||
Fort Myers Broadcasting Tower Punta Gorda | 1,519 feet | 463 m | 1988 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Punta Gorda, Florida | 26.8006°N -81.7631°W | |||
Second Generation of Iowa Tower Van Horne | 1,519 feet | 463 m | 1996 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Van Horne, Iowa | 42.0903°N -92.0872°W | |||
Telemundo Tower San Antonio | 1,517 feet | 462.5 m | 1989 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Elmendorf, Texas | 29.2942°N -98.2589°W | |||
WBBH TV Tower Tuckers Corner | 1,516 feet | 462.1 m | 1980 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Tuckers Corner, Florida | 26.8253°N -81.765°W | |||
Waterman Broadcasting Tower Punta Gorda | 1,516 feet | 462.1 m | 2002 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Punta Gorda, Florida | 26.8229°N -81.7649°W | |||
1,516 feet | 462 m | ? | Guyed Mast | LF-transmission | Taymylyr | demolished on 24 September 2009 by explosives | ||||
Dudinka CHAYKA-Mast | 1,516 feet | 462 m | ? | Guyed Mast | LF-transmission | Dudinka | ||||
American Towers Tower Punta Gorda | 1,515 feet | 461.8 m | 2002 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Punta Gorda, Florida | 26.7858°N -81.7961°W | |||
Tichenor Tower | 1,514 feet | 461.5 m | ? | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Elmendorf, Texas | Tower is built, although according to FCC-list declared as granted | 29.2753°N -98.2653°W | ||
Viacom Communications Tower Duette | 1,513 feet | 461.3 m | 2000 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Duette, Florida | 27.6733°N -82.1094°W | |||
KPLC TV Tower Fenton | 1,509 feet | 460 m | 1966 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Fenton, Louisiana | 30.3963°N -93.001°W | |||
Inta CHAYKA-Mast | 1,509 feet | 460 m | ? | Guyed Mast | LF-transmission | Inta | ||||
Emmis TV Tower Rural | 1,508 feet | 459.5 m | 1987 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Rural, Florida | 26.7953°N -81.8011°W | |||
Post Newsweek Stations San Antonio Tower | 1,507 feet | 459.3 m | 1962 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Elmendorf, Texas | 29.27°N -98.2589°W | |||
Iowa Public TV Tower Hancock | 1,507 feet | 459.3 m | 1975 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Hancock, Iowa | 41.3442°N -95.2561°W | |||
Gray TV Tower Beech Island | 1,506 feet | 459 m | 1973 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Beech Island, South Carolina | 33.4103°N -81.8433°W | |||
1,505 feet | 458.72 m | 1997 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Big Lake, Minnesota | tallest structure in Minnesota | 45.3832°N -93.7086°W | |||
Gannett Pacific Tower Knoxville | 1,504 feet | 458.4 m | 1980 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Knoxville, Tennessee | 36.0053°N -83.9397°W | |||
KABB Tower | 1,503 feet | 458.1 m | 1987 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Elmendorf, Texas | 29.2914°N -98.2703°W | |||
1,503 feet | 458 m | 1972 | Guyed mast | VLF-transmission | Lualualei, Hawaii | Since collapse of Warsaw Radio Mast, world's tallest structure insulated against ground | 21.42°N -158.1482°W ; 21.4204°N -158.154°W | |||
Qurayyat Transmitter, Mast 2 | 1,503 feet | 458 m | ? | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission? | 31.5836°N 37.904°W | ||||
Mercury Broadcasting Tower Cool Springs | 1,502 feet | 457.8 m | 1988 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Cool Springs, North Carolina | 35.8333°N -80.7042°W | |||
1,500 feet | 457.5 m | 1963 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | east of Hutchinson, Kansas | also known as KWCH Tower | 38.0606°N -97.7639°W | |||
Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower Elsanor | 1,501 feet | 457.5 m | 2002 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Elsanor, Alabama | 30.588°N -87.5535°W | |||
Capstar Radio Tower Alexis | 1,501 feet | 457.4 m | 1987 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Alexis, North Carolina | 35.4072°N -81.1297°W | |||
1,500 feet | 457.2 m | 1969 | Skyscraper | Office, observation, UHF/VHF-transmission | Chicago, Illinois | |||||
KLST TV Tower | 1,500 feet | 457.2 m | 1981 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Eola, Texas | 31.3672°N -100.0469°W | |||
Gray TV Tower Beaver Crossing | 1,500 feet | 457.2 m | 1984 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Beaver Crossing, Nebraska | 40.8031°N -97.1814°W | |||
Rosston Liberman Broadcasting Tower | 1,500 feet | 457.2 m | 2007 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Rosston, Texas | 33.5273°N -97.4153°W | |||
Cox Radio Tower Eutis | 1,499 feet | 457 m | 1987 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Eutis, Florida | 28.98°N -81.4553°W | |||
SpectraSite Tower Bandera | 1,499 feet | 457 m | 1999 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Bandera, Texas | 29.62°N -99.0492°W | |||
Kimtron Tower Loretto | 1,499 feet | 457 m | 1996 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Loretto, Alabama | 34.0824°N -86.9041°W | |||
Nebraska Education Tower Angora | 1,499 feet | 456.9 m | 1966 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Angora, Nebraska | collapsed in February 1978 | 41.8408°N -103.0556°W | ||
State of Wisconsin Tower Park Falls | 1,499 feet | 456.9 m | 1977 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Park Falls, Wisconsin | 45.9451°N -90.2729°W | |||
American Towers Tower Amarillo 2 | 1,499 feet | 456.9 m | 1987 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Amarillo, Texas | 35.3425°N -101.8226°W | |||
Panhandle Telecasting Tower Amarillo | 1,496 feet | 456 m | 1981 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Amarillo, Texas | KFDA-TV, others | 35.2928°N -101.8456°W | ||
Pinnacle Towers Tower La Feria | 1,492 feet | 454.8 m | 1981 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | La Feria, Texas | dismantled | 26.1006°N -97.8386°W | ||
Pinnacle Towers Tower Santa Maria | 1,491 feet | 454.5 m | 2001 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Santa Maria, Texas | 26.1006°N -97.8393°W | |||
1,461 feet | 453.6 m | 2019 | Skyscraper | Office | 3.142°N 101.7187°W | |||||
KQID TV Tower | 1,487 feet | 453.1 m | 1986 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Jena, Louisiana | 31.6392°N -92.2053°W | |||
1,483 feet | 451.9 m | 1998 | Skyscraper | Office, observation | 3.1576°N 101.7113°W | |||||
1,483 feet | 451.9 m | 1998 | Skyscraper | Office, observation | 3.1582°N 101.7121°W | |||||
Lewis JR Tower 2 | 1,479 feet | 451 m | 1989 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Bloomingdale, Georgia | 32.0583°N -81.3383°W | |||
Media General Tower Bloomingdale | 1,479 feet | 450.8 m | 1976 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Bloomingdale, Georgia | 32.0588°N -81.2984°W | |||
Saga Communications Tower Alleman | 1,479 feet | 450.8 m | 2003 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Alleman, Iowa | 41.8003°N -93.6078°W | |||
1,478 feet | 450.5 m | 2003 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Angora, Nebraska | also known as KDUH TV/DT | 41.8411°N -103.0747°W |
Name | Pinnacle height | Year | Structural type | Main use | Country | Town | Remarks | Coordinates | ||
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1,476 feet | 450 m | 2009 | Skyscraper | Mixed-use | ||||||
WOFL-TV35 Tower Bithlo | 1,473 feet | 449 m | 1973 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Bithlo, Florida | 28.6039°N -81.0861°W | |||
Blue Ridge Tower Missouri City | 1,473 feet | 449 m | 1995 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Missouri City, Texas | 29.5572°N -95.5014°W | |||
1,472 feet | 448.7 m | 1931 | Skyscraper | Office, observation, UHF/VHF-transmission | New York City, New York | World's tallest structure, 1931–1954 | 40.7483°N -73.9858°W | |||
Pinnacle Towers Mount Selman | 1,467 feet | 447 m | 1986 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Mount Selman, Texas | 32.0614°N -95.3142°W | |||
1,466 feet | 446.8 m | 1971 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Shoreview, Minnesota | tallest structure in Minnesota until 1997 | 45.0583°N -93.1244°W | |||
Media General Operations Tower Youngstown | 1,466 feet | 446.7 m | 1990 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Mount Selman, Texas | ||||
1,465 feet | 446.5 m | 1993 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Utica, Nebraska | 40.8831°N -97.3056°W | ||||
WCES TV Tower | 1,463 feet | 446 m | 1966 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Wrens, Georgia | 33.2594°N -82.2856°W | |||
WTVT Tower Balm | 1,463 feet | 446 m | 1998 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Balm, Florida | 27.8192°N -82.2403°W | |||
New World Communications Tower Riverview | 1,463 feet | 445.9 m | 1976 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Riverview, Florida | Demolished in 2012 | 27.8192°N -82.2403°W | ||
1,460 feet | 445.1 m | 1974 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Dahlen, North Dakota | 48.1383°N -97.9933°W | ||||
KTEN TV-Tower Bromide | 1,458 feet | 444.5 m | 1984 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Bromide, Oklahoma | 34.3594°N -96.5597°W | |||
WICS-TV Tower Mechanicsburg | 1,458 feet | 444.5 m | 1986 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Mechanicsburg, Illinois | 39.8042°N -89.4611°W | |||
SpectraSite Tower Knoxville | 1,457 feet | 444.2 m | 1955 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Knoxville, Tennessee | 36.0036°N -83.9428°W | |||
KM TV Tower | 1,456 feet | 443.8 m | 1999 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | West Branch, Iowa | 41.7248°N -91.3528°W | |||
Springfield Independent TV Tower | 1,449 feet | 441.7 m | 1984 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Mechanicsburg, Illinois | 39.7991°N -89.4461°W | |||
Iowa Public TV Tower West Branch | 1,449 feet | 441.7 m | 1997 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | West Branch, Iowa | 41.7208°N -91.3417°W | |||
1449 ft | 441.7 m | 2005 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Sylvester, Texas | 32.7253°N -100.0725°W | ||||
American Towers Tower Amarillo | 1,449 feet | 441.4 m | 1998 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Amarillo, Texas | 35.3148°N -101.8469°W | |||
KTKA-TV Tower Topeka | 1,439 feet | 438.7 m | 1984 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Topeka, Kansas | also known as Brechner Tower | 39.0261°N -95.9172°W | ||
KTXR Tower | 1,438 feet | 438.4 m | 2003 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Fordland, Missouri | 37.1947°N -92.9356°W | |||
1,438 feet | 438.3 m | 2001 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Shoreview, Minnesota | 45.0625°N -93.1394°W | ||||
Red River Broadcast Tower Pembina | 1,438 feet | 438.2 m | 1987 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Pembina, North Dakota | 48.9956°N -97.4081°W | |||
1,437 feet | 438 m | 1983 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Jerusalem, Ohio | 41.6675°N -83.3561°W | ||||
1,436 feet | 437.7 m | 2000 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Shoreview, Minnesota | 45.0622°N -93.1394°W | ||||
SpectraSite Tower Youngstown | 1,433 feet | 436.8 m | 1976 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Youngstown, Ohio | tallest structure in Ohio until 1983 | 41.0565°N -80.6453°W | ||
Christholm Trail Broadcasting Tower Crescent | 1,428 feet | 435.2 m | 2000 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Crescent, Oklahoma | 35.9806°N -97.6953°W | |||
1,427 feet | 435 m | 2003 | Concrete tower | Observation, UHF/VHF-transmission | Teheran | 35.7444°N 51.375°W | ||||
Madison Candelabra Tower | 1,423 feet | 433.7 m | 1995 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Madison, Wisconsin | 43.0558°N -89.535°W | |||
1,418 feet | 432 m | 1982 | Guyed mast | VLF-transmission | demolished on 22 April 2015 | -38.4812°N 146.9353°W | ||||
Burlington TV Tower Aledo | 1,417 feet | 431.9 m | 2000 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Aledo, Illinois | 41.1356°N -90.8083°W | |||
University of North Carolina Tower Concord | 1,416 feet | 431.6 m | 1987 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Concord, North Carolina | 35.3586°N -80.61°W | |||
Concord Media Tower Molino http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?regKey=615427 | 1,414 feet | 431 m | 1997 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Molina, Florida | 30.7058°N -87.4033°W | |||
1,411 feet | 430 m | 2009 | Skyscraper | Office | 22.3033°N 114.1603°W | |||||
Chabrier Omega transmitter | 1,404 feet | 428 m | 1976 | Guyed mast | VLF-transmission | France (Réunion) | demolished on 14 April 1999 | -20.9741°N 55.2899°W | ||
KXEL-Tower | 1,403 feet | 427.7 m | 1985 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Walker City, Iowa | 42.4097°N -92.0864°W | |||
Camden County Paxson Communication Tower | 1,400 feet | 426.7 m | 2006 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Camden County, Georgia | 30.8277°N -81.7407°W | |||
1,400 feet | 426.7 m | 2008 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Moapa, Nevada | 36.601°N -114.5859°W | ||||
1,394 feet | 425 m | ? | Guyed mast | VLF-transmission | Imeretinskaya | |||||
SpectraSite Tower Charlotte | 1,393 feet | 424.6 m | 1992 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Charlotte, North Carolina | also known as SpectraSite Communications, Inc. | 35.2519°N -80.6864°W | ||
Capstar Radio Tower Middlesex | 1,392 feet | 424.3 m | 1984 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Middlesex, North Carolina | 35.7603°N -78.1842°W | |||
1,381 feet | 421 m | 1982 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Bettendorf, Iowa | 41.5469°N -90.4764°W | ||||
1,381 feet | 421 m | 1995 | Concrete tower | Observation, UHF/VHF-transmission | Kuala Lumpur | 3.1528°N 101.7033°W | ||||
1,380 feet | 420.5 m | 1998 | Skyscraper | Hotel, office, observation | Shanghai | 31.2372°N 121.5014°W | ||||
1,377 feet | 419.7 m | 1987 | Chimney | Power station | Ekibastusz | Tallest chimney in the world | 52.024°N 75.4763°W | |||
1,375 feet | 419.1 m | 1995 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Hitchcock, Texas | 29.3003°N -95.1111°W | ||||
1,372 feet | 418.2 m | 1996 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Holiday, Florida | 28.1825°N -82.7681°W | ||||
1,369 feet | 417.4 m | 1986 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Nashville, Tennessee | 36.1408°N -86.8656°W | ||||
KTFO TV-Tower Coweta | 1,368 feet | 417 m | 1981 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Coweta, Oklahoma | 36.0194°N -95.6569°W | |||
Trinity Broadcasting Network Tower Oglesby | 1,368 feet | 417 m | 1985 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Oglesby, Illinois | 41.2808°N -88.9369°W | |||
Ocala Broadcasting Tower | 1,367 feet | 416.6 m | 1986 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Ocala, Florida | 29.2683°N -82.0806°W | |||
KETV TV Tower | 1,365 feet | 416 m | 2004 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Omaha, Nebraska | 41.3089°N -96.0262°W | |||
1,348 feet | 415.8 m | 2003 | Skyscraper | Office | ||||||
World Trade Center, Tower 2 | 1,362 feet | 415.3 m | 1973 | Skyscraper | Office, observation | New York City, New York | 40.7119°N -74.0133°W | |||
1,362 feet | 415.2 m | 1991 | Concrete tower | Observation, UHF/VHF-transmission | Tianjin | |||||
KETV TV Tower (old) | 1,362 feet | 415.1 m | 1966 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Omaha, Nebraska | collapsed in 2003 | 41.3089°N -96.0272°W | ||
Tallahassee Broadcasting Tower | 1,358 feet | 414 m | 1993 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Lloyd, Florida | 30.4528°N -84.0139°W | |||
KGAN-Tower | 1,356 feet | 413.2 m | 1983 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Walker City, Iowa | 42.2953°N -91.8864°W | |||
1,352 feet | 412 m | 1963 | Guyed mast | LF-transmission | Hellissandur | former LORAN-Tower, insulated against ground | 64.9072°N -23.9222°W | |||
ACME TV Tower | 1,351 feet | 411.8 m | 2001 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 39.9489°N -88.8369°W | ||||
Entercom Tower Morriston | 1,351 feet | 411.8 m | 1987 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Morriston, Florida | 29.2597°N -82.5678°W | |||
Entravision Tower Boylston | 1,350 feet | 411.5 m | 2004 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Boylston, Massachusetts | 42.3358°N -71.7153°W | |||
Angissq LORAN-C transmitter (old mast) | 1,350 feet | 411.48 m | 1963 | Guyed mast | LF-transmission | Angissq | collapsed on 27 July 1964 | 59.9883°N -45.1733°W | ||
Marcus Island LORAN-C transmitter (old mast) | 1,350 feet | 411.48 m | 1964 | Guyed mast | LF-transmission | Markus Island | dismantled in 1985 | 24.2858°N 153.9812°W | ||
Iwo Jima LORAN-C transmitter | 1,350 feet | 411.48 m | 1963/65 | Guyed mast | LF-transmission | Iwo Jima | destroyed in 1965, afterwards rebuilt, rebuilt mast dismantled in 1993 | 24.8022°N 141.3256°W | ||
Cape Race LORAN-C transmitter (old mast) | 1,350 feet | 411.48 m | 1965 | Guyed mast | LF-transmission | collapsed on 2 February 1993 | 46.7756°N -53.1744°W | |||
CKX-TV Craig Television Tower (old mast) | 1,350 feet | 411.48 m | 1973 | Guyed mast | UHF-/VHF-transmission | Hayfield, Manitoba | collapsed 1983 | 49.6683°N -100.0117°W | ||
1,350 feet | 411.48 m | 1985 | Guyed mast | UHF-/VHF-transmission | Hayfield, Manitoba | 49.6683°N -100.0117°W | ||||
LORAN-C transmitter Port Clarence | 1,350 feet | 411.48 m | 1961 | Guyed mast | LF-transmission | Port Clarence, Alaska | Tallest structure in Alaska, demolished on 28 April 2010 | 65.2444°N -166.8867°W | ||
American Tower Newton | 1,349 feet | 411.2 m | ? | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Newton, Massachusetts | dismantled | 42.3075°N -71.2236°W | ||
WKRR/WKZL Tower | 1,347 feet | 410.6 m | 1985 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Randleman, North Carolina | 35.8333°N -79.8336°W | |||
Huntsville TV Tower | 1,347 feet | 410.6 m | 2000 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Minor Hill, Tennessee | 35.0025°N -87.1358°W | |||
Emmis TV Tower Omaha | 1,346 feet | 410.2 m | 2004 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Omaha, Nebraska | also known as Emmis Television License Corp. Tower | 41.3068°N -96.0271°W | ||
1342 ft | 409 m | ? | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Omaha, Nebraska | 41.3108°N -96.0269°W | ||||
WTIC Tower | 1,339 feet | 408 m | 1965 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Farmington, Connecticut | 41.7036°N -72.8319°W | |||
WICD Tower | 1,338 feet | 407.8 m | 1995 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Homer, Illinois | 40.0694°N -87.9128°W | |||
Tall Towers Tower La Feria | 1,338 feet | 407.8 m | 1987 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | La Feria, Texas | 26.1492°N -97.8219°W | |||
Spectrasite Communications Tower Frenchburg | 1,336 feet | 407.3 m | 2000 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Frenchburg, Kentucky | 37.9074°N -83.6336°W | |||
CKX Television Tower | 1 335 feet | 406.9 m | 1972 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 49.6683°N -100.0114°W | ||||
Scripps Howard Broadcasting Tower Greenacres City | 1,331 feet | 405.7 m | 2003 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Greenacres City, Florida | 26.5892°N -80.2119°W | |||
KLPA Television Tower | 1,329 feet | 405 m | 1983 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Alexandria, Louisiana | 31.5658°N -92.5475°W | |||
1,329 feet | 405 m | 1992 | Concrete tower | Observation, UHF/VHF-transmission | Beijing | 39.9181°N 116.3003°W | ||||
Cumulus Broadcasting Tower Rockvale | 1,328 feet | 404.8 m | 1991 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Rockvale, Tennessee | 35.8175°N -86.5233°W | |||
South Dakota Public Broadcasting Tower Reliance | 1,326 feet | 404.1 m | 1970 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Reliance, South Dakota | 43.9681°N -99.5947°W | |||
Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower Jernigantown | 1,324 feet | 403.6 m | 1990 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Jernigantown, Tennessee | 36.5267°N -86.6872°W | |||
1324 ft | 403.5 m | 1954 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Sand Springs, Oklahoma | was originally 358.4 metres tall | 36.1961°N -96.0981°W | |||
WEYI TV25 Flint Tower | 1,323 feet | 403.2 m | 1972 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Clio, Michigan | Tallest structure above ground level in Michigan | 43.2169°N -83.7214°W | ||
Cossitt Library Dba Tower | 1,320 feet | 402.4 m | 1989 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Frenchman's Bayou, Arkansas | 35.4675°N -90.1908°W | |||
WLOX TV Tower | 1,319 feet | 402.1 m | 1964 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | McHenry, Mississippi | 30.7231°N -89.0911°W | |||
Southwest TV Tower Lunita | 1,319 feet | 402 m | 1989 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Lunita, Louisiana | 30.2908°N -93.5767°W | |||
Mississippi Authority for Educational TV Tower Oxford | 1,319 feet | 402 m | 1998 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Oxford, Mississippi | 34.2911°N -89.7058°W | |||
South Carolina Educational TV Tower | 1,318 feet | 401.7 m | 1975 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Green Pond, South Carolina | dismantled | |||
WJWJ TV Tower | 1,318 feet | 401.6 m | 1975 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Beaufort, South Carolina | 32.7118°N -80.6816°W | |||
Beaufort WHK-291 Tower | 1,318 feet | 401.6 m | 1985 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Beaufort, South Carolina | 32.7119°N -80.6814°W | |||
1,316 feet | 401 m | ? | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Moapa, Nevada | built, although FCC mention it as granted | 36.5847°N -114.6008°W | |||
Lewis Broadcasting Tower Columbus | 1,315 feet | 400.9 m | 1982 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Columbus, Georgia | 32.4581°N -84.8856°W | |||
KTTC-TV Tower | 1,314 feet | 400.5 m | 1960 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Ostrander, Minnesota | analog | 43.5708°N -92.4272°W | ||
Wand TV Tower Decatur | 1,314 feet | 400.5 m | ? | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Decatur, Illinois | collapsed on 26 March 1978 | |||
Wand TV Tower | 1,314 feet | 400.5 m | 1980 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Argenta, Illinois | 39.9519°N -88.8319°W | |||
1,312 feet | 400 m | 2008 | Guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 2 units |