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The tallest structure in the world is the
Burj Khalifa
The Burj Khalifa (; ar, برج خليفة, , Khalifa Tower), known as the Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration in 2010, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is known for being the world’s tallest building. With a total height ...
skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Modern sources currently define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition. Skyscrapers are very tall high-ris ...
at . Listed are guyed masts (such as telecommunication masts), self-supporting towers (such as the
CN Tower
The CN Tower (french: Tour CN) is a concrete communications and observation tower in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Built on the former Railway Lands, it was completed in 1976. Its name "CN" referred to Canadian National, the railway c ...
), skyscrapers (such as the
Willis Tower
The Willis Tower (originally the Sears Tower) is a 108-story, skyscraper in the Loop community area of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Designed by architect Bruce Graham and engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), ...
),
oil platform
An oil platform (or oil rig, offshore platform, oil production platform, and similar terms) is a large structure with facilities to extract and process petroleum and natural gas that lie in rock formations beneath the seabed. Many oil platfor ...
s, electricity transmission towers, and bridge support towers. This list is organized by absolute height. See
List of tallest buildings and structures
The world's tallest human-made structure is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai (of the United Arab Emirates). The building gained the official title of "tallest building in the world" and the tallest self-supported structure at its opening on Januar ...
,
List of tallest freestanding structures
This is a list of tallest freestanding structures in the world past and present. To be freestanding a structure must not be supported by guy wires, the sea or other types of support. It therefore does not include guyed masts, partially guyed tow ...
and
List of tallest buildings
This list of tallest buildings includes skyscrapers with continuously occupiable floors and a height of at least . Nonbuilding structure, Non-building structures, such as towers, are not included in this list (for these, see ''List of tallest ...
and
List of tallest towers
Several extant building fulfill the engineering definition of a tower: "a tall human structure, always taller than it is wide, for public or regular operational access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and are ''self-supporting' ...
for additional information about these types of structures.
Terminology
Terminological and listing criteria follow
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is an international body in the field of tall buildings and sustainable urban design. A non-profit organization based at the Monroe Building in the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States ...
definitions. Guyed masts are differentiated from towers – the latter not featuring any guy wires or other support structures; and buildings are differentiated from towers – the former having at least 50% of occupiable floor space although both are self-supporting structures.
List by height
This list includes structures with a minimum height of to keep the list to a reasonable length.
List of tallest structures in the world – 300 to 400 metres
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List of tallest structures in the world – 400 to 500 metres
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contain shorter structures.
For all structures, the pinnacle height is given, so the height of skyscrapers may differ from the values at
List of skyscrapers
This list of tallest buildings includes skyscrapers with continuously occupiable floors and a height of at least . Nonbuilding structure, Non-building structures, such as towers, are not included in this list (for these, see ''List of tallest ...
.
Tension-leg platform
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s are not included.
Structures (past or present) 600 m (1,969 ft) and taller
Structures (past or present) between 550 and 600 m (1,804 ft and 1,969 ft)
Structures (past or present) between 500 and 550 m (1,640 and 1,804 ft)
Structures taller than under construction
This is an incomplete list of structures under construction that are projected to be taller than and have current height under . It does not include on-hold or
topped-out
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structures.
On hold
Structures that are on hold or have been cancelled.
List by continent
Current
The following table is a list of the current tallest structures by each continent (listed by geographic size):
All time
The following table is a list of the all time tallest structures by each continent (listed by geographic size):
See also
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List of tallest buildings and structures
The world's tallest human-made structure is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai (of the United Arab Emirates). The building gained the official title of "tallest building in the world" and the tallest self-supported structure at its opening on Januar ...
*
List of tallest structures – 400 to 500 metres
This is a part of the list of tallest structures in the world, past and present of any type.
This list includes quite a few masts. A Radio masts and towers, mast is a man-made support structure, commonly used on sailing ships as support for s ...
*
List of tallest structures – 300 to 400 metres
This list of supertall structures is a third part of the List of tallest structures in the world. It contains past or present structures of any type, at least tall, but lower than .
Other parts are:
* List of tallest structures
* List of talle ...
*
List of transmission sites
In the following there are lists of sites of notable radio transmitters. During the early history of radio many countries had only a few high power radio stations, operated either by the government or large corporations, which broadcast to the po ...
*
List of European medium wave transmitters
This is an incomplete list of medium wave transmitters in Europe
Active stations
Former stations
Those are former prominent AM transmitters:
See also
* MW DX
MW DX, short for mediumwave DXing, is the hobby of receiving distant mediumwave ...
*
List of tallest buildings
This list of tallest buildings includes skyscrapers with continuously occupiable floors and a height of at least . Nonbuilding structure, Non-building structures, such as towers, are not included in this list (for these, see ''List of tallest ...
*
List of future tallest buildings
This list of tallest buildings includes skyscrapers with continuously occupiable floors and a height of at least . Nonbuilding structure, Non-building structures, such as towers, are not included in this list (for these, see ''List of tallest ...
*
List of tallest freestanding structures
This is a list of tallest freestanding structures in the world past and present. To be freestanding a structure must not be supported by guy wires, the sea or other types of support. It therefore does not include guyed masts, partially guyed tow ...
*
List of tallest bridges
This list of tallest bridges includes bridges with a structural height of at least . The of a bridge is the maximum vertical distance from the uppermost part of a bridge, such as the top of a bridge tower, to the lowermost exposed part of the br ...
*
List of tallest dams
This is a list of the tallest dams in the world over in height. The tallest dam in the world is the Jinping-I Dam, an arch dam in China at . The tallest embankment dam and second tallest dam in the world is the Nurek Dam in Tajikistan. The tal ...
*
List of cities with most skyscrapers
The list of cities with most skyscrapers ranks cities around the world by their number of skyscrapers. A skyscraper is defined as a continuously habitable high-rise building that has over 40 floors and is taller than approximately .
Historically, ...
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List of tallest statues
This list of tallest statues includes completed statues that are at least tall, which was the assumed height of the Colossus of Rhodes. The height values in this list are measured to the highest part of the human (or animal) figure, but exclud ...
References
External links
World Federation of Great TowersSkyscrapers diagrams and forumSkyscrapers databaseSearch for Radio Masts and Towers in the U.S.
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Lists of buildings and structures
Towers
Guyed masts
Lists of construction records
Lists of tallest structures by region