Talk:List of tallest lighthouses

[Świnoujście lighthouse]
Lighthouse in Świnoujście is 67,7 m high. Just the bulb is on 65 m. See polish wiki site of it.

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Please, it realy needs copy-editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone or spelling.--JotaCartas (talk) 12:39, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Cape St. Vincent
Although the house itself is not tall, the light at Cape St. Vincent in Portugal stands on cliffs 75 metres high and has a range of 60 km. More images. &mdash; RHaworth 10:18, 10 November 2009 (UTC)


 * ok I'm aware of that. This list is intended to list the lighthouses by the size of the towers. I know that there are many lighthouses placed much higher throughout the world. Perhaps the title is not correct? Could you help me with the grammar in the introduction of the article? It seems to me that is not a "very good English"; perhaps referind tha ther are many lighthouses placed much much higher? You see, English is not my native language.--JotaCartas (talk) 12:44, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

The title is fine - that is why I put São Vicente here rather than in the article. If someone comes along and creates list of highest lighthouses in the world then we can think about merging. The grammar is poor but totally comprehensible so I will leave it to a wikipedant to fix it. &mdash; RHaworth 13:12, 10 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've copy edited it - there was very little to change. --NellieBly (talk) 05:10, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Reliable references
All the relevant data about all the lighthouses have references. 11 in this encyclopedia (en.wikipedia), 11 in others wikipedias, and 8 have references on The lighthouse directory a very reliable source, at The Tallest Lighthouses. Anyway, I checked the data of all 30 lights on The Lighthouse Directory, and in National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency database. I dint thought it was necessary to include all those references in the article, but if you demand so ... I will do it. About the number of steps, I got the data from various sites in the Web, and perhaps are not so reliable, but again I can reference all, or perhaps supres them from the article.--JotaCartas (talk) 03:09, 20 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia does not consider Wikipedia to be a reliable source, because it's self-published. (see: Verifiability and Reliable sources.) If the Wikipedia articles you reference have references themselves to external sources, then you could replace them accordingly in this article. NGI is more reliable than Rowlett, since Rowlett is sort-of self-published too. I appreciate that you've put a lot of work into this page; it's important to show the sources of the data so others can verify it. Regards, jnestorius(talk) 13:21, 20 December 2009 (UTC)


 * OK. Understood. Regards. --JotaCartas (talk) 23:26, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Yokohama Marine Tower
If indeed many claim Yokohama Marine Tower should not be considered, then adding it fails WP:NOR. As the major source is Rowlett's source, I think its guidelines should be followed, or some other set of guidelines should be decided upon. --Muhandes (talk) 11:07, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry. Just arrived from holidays. I think you made the right choice. --JotaCartas (talk) 04:34, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Welcome back. Thanks for your support of my decision. You'll note that I am going over the list one by one and adding proper sources and marking with "*" every light which isn't on Rowlett's list. I'm also creating articles for every light which doesn't have one. --Muhandes (talk) 05:22, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Great job! I will try to follow your work in pt.wikipedia and perhaps in es.wikipédia. Best regards. --JotaCartas (talk) 05:42, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Considering the title and the general definition of a lighthouse, this list should not include other structures. Hence I propose to remove the Jeddah Light, the Perry Memorial Monument, the Yokohama Marine Tower, the Vittoria Light, the Phare d'Eckmühl. They might be relegated to a separate page about tall structures, but they do not belong here.

The main argument I am putting forward is that unfortunately these non-lighthouses occupy the first three positions and therefore mislead the general public who are more bent on finding record heights than on learning about lighthouses.

I note also that the original directory of M. Russ Rowlett of the University of North Caroline specifically states about his list:

"It does not include structures such as the Yokohama Marine Tower, the Perry Memorial, and the Strandhotel, which carry navigational lights but were not built primarily as lighthouses"

The introductory paragraphs of M. Rowlett's list have more merit and are clearer than the ones on the Wikipedia list.

I also propose to follow two other aspects of M. Rowlett's list: (1) to indicate that the list has rounded heights, and (2) to give all heights in meters instead of feet. The number of lighthouses listed that are in non-metric countries is after all limited to a single one.

Unless there are any objections, I will effect these changes in one month's time.

RobertCailliau (talk) 09:12, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

I was just going to propose a similar change. Putting navigation lights on a factory chimney or mast does not make it a lighthouse, so unless a structure is primarily configured as a lighthouse or built as such it should not be included. Was there some objection to such deletion?Julian D (talk) 14:46, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I am not aware of any objection ever raised, just lack on interest to fix the list. --Muhandes (talk) 22:02, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Jeddah Light
There reads: "The list is based on the list of tallest lighthouses from The Lighthouse Directory.[1] As such, it includes "traditional lighthouses", i.e. buildings built by navigation safety authorities primarily as an aid to navigation. Some structures of interest that carry navigational lights, but were not mentioned in The Lighthouse Directory since they were not built primarily as lighthouses, are also listed, marked with "*"." So, what is the main purpose of Jeddah Light? Its article says it is "an active lighthouse" and does not tell another function(s) for the tower. It is somehow missing from the Directory, but I don't see why would it not belong there or in this list. 109.240.27.80 (talk) 14:00, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Jeddah Light article is wrong and I have just corrected it for the height (changed using Emporis as source) and the function 'observation tower' for the port control authority. So no it wasn't built as a lighthouse unless another reliable source can be found that supports this. It should therefore remain in the list but as a comparative structure. Robynthehode (talk) 15:22, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I tend to agree with . While there is no doubt the Jeddah port control tower serves as an active aid to navigation (namely, a light), it is also quite clear from sources that it was built as a port control tower and not "primarily as an aid to navigation". I created the article Jeddah Light in 2010 specifically about the light, but I would not object to moving it to Jeddah Port Control Tower if someone thinks this will make the distinction clearer. --Muhandes (talk) 07:41, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

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Tallest two
Why are the tallest two not listed as 1 and 2 in the rankings. They have a star next to them? Cls14 (talk) 08:41, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
 * See intro: Some structures of interest that carry navigational lights, but were not mentioned in The Lighthouse Directory since they were not built primarily as lighthouses, are also listed, marked with "*". Goustien (talk) 16:42, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

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Palacio Barolo's lighthouse
The Palacio Barolo's lighthouse cannot be seen from Montevideo, Uruguay. It is just not physically possible due to the curvature of the Earth. As I live in Montevideo I can testify that it cannot be seen from anywhere in Montevideo, even from the highest point in the city on a clear day. Actually, it could be barely seen from Colonia on a clear day. Michikolaffitte (talk) 23:55, 12 June 2017 (UTC) I agree its 203km and no light is strong enough even if curvature did not hide it. This comment in main article should be removedJulian D (talk)

Definition of "height"
Does "height" refer to tower height or focal height? Some sources on lighthouses use one, some the other. (See Template:Infobox lighthouse for definitions.) Goustien (talk) 16:52, 23 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Sadly, the in the five+ years I haven't been editing this list became a mess. The lead says the entire list is based onThe Lighthouse Directory which uses the tower height. I recently fixed one occurrence of focal height. I'll add a note to that effect to the lead, and do fix it if you see incorrect usage. I'll tend to the entire list one day, I hope. --Muhandes (talk) 17:21, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

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Torre Anchorena
The Torre Anchorena although not merely built as a lighthouse it did originally include a maritime light on top, in the same way as Palacio Barolo or the Statue of Liberty. Coquimbo58 (talk) 00:19, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Those structures to not follow the inclusion criteria, we definitly don't want to add more that do not. In fact, it is a long time we deleted them as well. --Muhandes (talk) 12:22, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

Kijkduin Lighthouse - Den Helder The Netherlands
Shouldn't this lighthouse be on the list?

Lange Jaap - Wikipedia 2A02:A213:2744:8100:4496:1430:513B:C343 (talk) 14:49, 19 September 2023 (UTC)