This is a list of 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 rise 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.
| Height (m) | Structure | Location | Comments |
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| 646.38 m | Warszawa radio mast | Konstantynów, Poland | (destroyed 1991)
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| 628.8 m | KVLY-TV mast | Blanchard, North Dakota, US
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| 627.9 m | KXJB-TV mast | Galesburg, North Dakota, US
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| 624.5 m | KXTV/KOVR Tower | Walnut Grove, California, US
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| 615.1 m | KLDE Tower | Angleton, Texas, US
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| 610 m | Petronius Platform | Gulf of Mexico
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| 609.6 m | KCAU TV Tower | Sioux City, Iowa, US
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| 609.6 m | KATV Tower | Redfield, Arkansas, US
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| 609.6 m | WECT TV6 Tower | Colly Township, North Carolina, US
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| 609.6 m | KOLR/KOZK Tower (KYTV Tower 1) | Fordland, Missouri, US
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| 609.6 m | WOI-Tower | Alleman, Iowa, US
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| 609.6 m | Des Moines Hearst-Argyle Television Tower Alleman | Alleman, Iowa, US
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| 609.6 m | WEAU-Tower | Fairchild, Wisconsin, US
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| 609.6 m | Diversified Communications Tower | Floyd Dale, South Carolina, US
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| 609.6 m | AFLAC Tower | Rowley, Iowa, US
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| 609.6 m | WBTV-Tower | Dallas, North Carolina, US
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| 609.6 m | Hearst-Argyle Tower | Walnut Grove, California, US
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| 609.6 m | WTTO Tower | Windham Springs, Alabama, US
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| 609.6 m | WCSC-Tower | Awendaw, South Carolina, US
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| 609.6 m | KTVE-Tower | Bolding, Arkansas, US
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| 609.6 m | WCTV Tower | Metcalf, Georgia, US
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| 609.6 m | TV Alabama Tower | Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, US
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| 609.6 m | KDLT Tower | Rowena, South Dakota, US
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| 609.5 m | WRAL HDTV Mast | Auburn, North Carolina, US
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| 609.4 m | KY3 Tower | Fordland, Missouri, US
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| 609.4 m | SpectraSite Tower Thomasville | Thomasville, Georgia, US
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| 609.3 m | WCKW/KSTE-Tower (Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower) | Vacherie, Louisiana, US
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| 609.3 m | American Towers Tower Elkhart | Elkhart, Iowa, US
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| 609.3 m | Salem Radio Properties Tower | Collinsville, Texas, US
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| 609 m | WLBT Tower | Raymond, Mississippi, US
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| 608.4 m | KYTV Tower 2 | Marshfield, Missouri, US
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| 608.38 m | Radio Tower Hoyt | Hoyt, Colorado, US
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| 608.1 m | Service Broadcasting Tower Decatur | Decatur, Texas, US
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| 607.8 m | Channel 40 Tower | Walnut Grove, California, US
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| 607.8 m | WNCN Tower | Auburn, North Carolina, US
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| 607.2 m | KHYS Tower | Devers, Texas, US
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| 607 m | Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower Devers | Devers, Texas, US
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| 607 m | Media General Tower | Awendaw, South Carolina, US
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| 606.2 m | Eastern North Carolina Broadcasting Tower | Trenton, North Carolina, US
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| 606.2 m | WNCN Tower | Auburn, North Carolina, US
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| 605 m | KELO TV Tower | Rowena, South Dakota, US
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| 605 m | WITN Tower (Gray Television Tower) | Grifton, North Carolina, US
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| 604.7 m | Noe Corp Tower | Columbia, Louisiana, US
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| 603.6 m | Pappas Telecasting Tower | Plymouth County, Iowa, US
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| 602 m | KHOU-TV Tower | Missouri City, Texas, US
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| 601.3 m | Richland Towers Tower Missouri City | Missouri City, Texas, US
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| 600.7m | Senior Road Tower | Missouri City, Texas, US
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| 600.5 m | KTRK-TV Tower | Missouri City, Texas, US
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| 600.5 m | Houston Tower Joint Venture Tower | Missouri City, Texas, US
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| 600.5 m | American Towers Tower Missouri City | Missouri City, Texas, US
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| 600.4 m | Fox-TV Tower | Missouri City, Texas, US
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| 600 m | Mississippi Telecasting Tower | Inverness, Mississippi, US
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| 600 m | WCNC-TV Tower | Dallas, North Carolina, US
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| 600 m | Capstar Radio Tower | Middlesex, North Carolina, US
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| 599 m | KDUH/CH4 TV Mast | Hemingford, Nebraska, US | (collapsed 2003)
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| 598.3 m | American Towers Tower Liverpool | Liverpool, Texas, US
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| 598 m | Media General Tower Dillon | Dillon, South Carolina, US
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| 597.4 m | Duffy-Shamrock Joint Venture Tower | Bertram, Texas, US
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| 597.4 m | AMFM Tower Collinsville | Collinsville, Texas, US
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| 596.6 m | Cosmos Broadcasting Tower Winnabow | Winnabow, North Carolina, US
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| 592.6 m | Spectra Site Communications Tower Robertsdale | Robertsdale, Alabama, US
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| 592.4 m | CBC Real Estate Co. Inc Tower | Dallas, North Carolina, US
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| 589.4 m | Cosmos Broadcasting Tower Grady | Grady, Alabama, US
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| 587.9 m | American Towers Tower Columbia | Columbia, Louisiana, US
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| 587.6 m | KKHT Radio Mast | Splendora, Texas, US
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| 587.3 m | Cedar Rapids TV Tower | Walker City, Iowa, US
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| 586.4 m | Channel 6 Tower Eddy | Eddy, Texas, US
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| 585.2 m | Entravision Texas Tower | Greenwood, Texas, US
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| 584 m | Multimedia Associates Tower | Rio Grande City, Texas, US
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| 582.8 m | WFMY Tower | Greensboro, North Carolina, US
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| 582.3 m | American Towers Tower Randleman | Randleman, North Carolina, US
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| 581.8 m | KTUL Tower Coweta | Coweta, Oklahoma, US
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| 579.9 m | American Towers Tower Robertsdale | Robertsdale, Alabama, US
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| 579.42 m | WDJR-FM Tower | Bethlehem, Florida, US
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| 578.8 m | Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower Redfield | Redfield, Arkansas, US
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| 572.8 m | Cox Radio Tower | Shepard, Texas, US
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| 572.7 m | Media General Tower Spanish Fort | Spanish Fort, Alabama, US
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| 571.1 m | WFTV Tower Saint Cloud | Saint Cloud, Florida, US
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| 567.1 m | Capstar Radio Operating Gray Court Tower | Gray Court, South Carolina, US
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| 565.1 m | KLKN Tower | Genoa, Nebraska, US
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| 561.3 m | Pinnacle Towers Tower Princeton | Princeton, Florida, US
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| 561.1 m | WTVJ Tower Princeton | Princeton, Florida, US
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| 559.6 m | Pappas Partnership Stations Tower Gretna | Gretna, Nebraska, US
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| 559.02 m | KBIM Tower | Roswell, New Mexico, US
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| 559 m | Tulsa Tower Joint Venture Tower Oneta | Oneta, Oklahoma, US
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| 554 m | CN Tower | Toronto, Canada
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| 540 m | Ostankino Tower | Moscow, Russia
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| 527 m | World Trade Center Tower One | New York City, NY, US | (destroyed 2001)
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| 520 m | Sears Tower | Chicago, IL, US
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| 508 m | Taipei 101 | Taipei, Taiwan
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| 487 m | WGME TV Tower | Raymond, Maine, US
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| 468 m | Oriental Pearl Tower | Shanghai, China
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| 465 m | BREN-Tower | Jackass Flats, Nevada, US
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| 458 m | KWCH Tower | Burrton, Kansas, US
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| 452 m | Petronas Towers | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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| 443 m | Empire State Building | New York City, NY, US
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| 435 m | Milad Tower | Tehran, Iran |
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| 427 m | Omega Navigational Mast Woodside | Woodside, Australia
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| 422 m | Chimney of GRES-2 Power Station | Ekibastusz, Kazakhstan
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| 421 m | Jin Mao Building | Shanghai, China
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| 421 m | Menara Kuala Lumpur | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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| 415 m | World Trade Center Tower Two | New York City, NY, US | (destroyed 2001)
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| 415 m | Tianjin Radio and Television Tower | Tianjin, China
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| 412 m | Two International Finance Centre | Hong Kong, China
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| 412 m | Gufuskálar | Hellissandur, Iceland
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| 410 m | Radio Mast Thule | Thule, Greenland
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| 405 m | Central Radio and TV Tower | Beijing, China
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| 391 m | CITIC Plaza | Guangzhou, China
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| 389 m | Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt Tower Zero | Exmouth, Western Australia
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| 384 m | Shun Hing Square | Shenzhen, China
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| 387 m | Tuntex 85 Sky Tower | Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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| 385 m | Belmont Transmitter | Donington on Bain, UK
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| 384 m | Kiev TV Tower | Kiev, Ukraine
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| 381 m | Inco Superstack | Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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| 380 m | Transmitter Nador | Nador, Maroc
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| 378.4 m | Central Plaza | Hong Kong, China
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| 375 m | Tashkent Tower | Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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| 375 m | Gerbrandy Tower | Lopik, Netherlands
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| 372 m | Liberation Tower | Kuwait City, Kuwait
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| 371.5 m | Alma-Ata Tower | Alma Ata, Kazakhstan
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| 369 m | Bank of China Tower | Hong Kong, China
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| 368.5 m | Riga Radio and TV Tower | Riga, Latvia
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| 368.03 m | Berliner Fernsehturm | Berlin, Germany
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| 365 m | Skelton transmitter | Skelton, Cumbria, England
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| 364 m | Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt other towers | Exmouth, Western Australia
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| 363 m | longwave transmitter Donebach | Donebach, Germany
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| 360 m | Trbovlje Chimney | Trbovlje, Slovenia
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| 360 m | Transmitter Olsztyn-Pieczewo | Olsztyn, Poland
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| 360 m | Longwave transmitter Ingoy | Ingoy, Norway
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| 359.7 m | Longwave transmitter Zehlendorf | Zehlendorf, Germany
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| 358.9 m | VLF transmitter DHO38 | Saterland, Germany
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| 358.9 m | Richtfunkstelle Berlin-Frohnau | Berlin, Germany
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| 357.5m | CHCH Television Tower | Hamilton, Canada
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| 355.8m | Shenzhen Saige Plaza | Shenzhen, China
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| 355 m | Emirates Tower One | Dubai , United Emirates
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| 355 m | First Canadian Place | Toronto, Canada
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| 355 m | FM- and TV-mast Kosztowy | Kosztowy, Poland
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| 350 m | Stratosphere | Las Vegas, NV, US
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| 350 m | Longwave transmitter Allouis | Allouis, France
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| 350 m | Sendemast SL3 | Burg, Germany | (destroyed 1976)
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| 347 m | T&C Tower | Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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| 346 m | Amoco Building (Aon Center) | Chicago, IL, US
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| 346 m | The Center | Hong Kong, China
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| 346 m | FM- and TV-mast Zygry | Zygry, Poland
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| 344 m | John Hancock Center | Chicago, IL, US
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| 344 m | Transmitter Gartow (Mast 2) | Gartow, Germany
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| 342 m | FM- and TV-mast Piaski | Piaski, Poland
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| 342 m | Transmitter Le Mans-Mayet | Mayet, France
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| 340 m | FM- and TV-mast Klepaczka | Klepaczka, Poland
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| 338 m | Macau Tower | Macau
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| 337.5 m | Europaturm | Frankfurt, Germany
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| 337 m | Chimney of Power Station Westerholt | Gelsenkirchen, Germany | (destroyed 1945)
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| 337 m | Deutschlandsender Herzberg/Elster | Herzberg, Germany | (destroyed 1945)
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| 335 m | Longwave transmitter Raszyn | Raszyn, Poland
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| 333 m | Tokyo Tower | Tokyo, Japan
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| 330 m | Emley Moor TV Tower | Emley Moor, UK
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| 330 m | Transmitter Roumoules | Roumoules, France
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| 330 m | TV Mast Niort-Maisonnay | Niort-Maisonnay, France
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| 330 m | Longwave-transmitter Solec Kujawski (Mast 1) | Solec Kujawski, Poland
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| 330 m | Ryugyong Hotel | Pyongyang, North Korea
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| 328 m | Sky Tower | Auckland, New Zealand
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| 327 m | Vilnius TV Tower | Vilnius, Lithuania
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| 327 m | FM- and TV-mast Milki k. Gizycka | Milki k. Gizycka, Poland
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| 327 m | Transmitter Gartow (Mast 1) | Gartow, Germany
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| 324 m | Eiffel Tower (incl. mast) | Paris, France
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| 323 m | FM- and TV-mast Behren-Bekel | Behren-Bekel, Germany
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| 323 m | Longwave radio mast Burg | Burg, Germany
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| 322 m | Sky Central Plaza | Guangzhou, China
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| 321.3 m | Tommerup Transmitter | Tommerup, Denmark
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| 320 m | Baiyoke Tower | Bangkok, Thailand
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| 320 m | FM- and TV-mast Rusinowo | Rusinowo, Poland
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| 320 m | FM- and TV-mast Trzeciewiec | Trzeciewiec, Poland
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| 320 m | FM- and TV-mast Limza | Limza, Poland
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| 320 m | FM- and TV-mast Zolwieniec | Zolwieniec, Poland
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| 320 m | FM and TV-mast Wesel | Wesel, Germany
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| 319 m | Chrysler Building | New York City, NY, US
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| 317 m | FM- and TV-mast Chwaszczyno | Chwaszczyno, Poland
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| 314 m | Lakihegy Tower | Budapest, Hungary
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| 314 m | FM- and TV-mast Jemiolow | Jemiolow, Poland
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| 314 m | FM- and TV-mast Helsinki-Espoo | Espoo, Finland
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| 312.3 m | Tallinn TV Tower | Tallinn, Estonia
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| 312 m | Bank of America Plaza (Atlanta) | Atlanta, GA, US
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| 310 m | U.S. Bank Tower | Los Angeles, CA, US
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| 310 m | Azeri TV Tower | Baku, Azerbaijan
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| 310 m | St. Petersburg TV Tower | St. Petersburg, Russia
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| 309.4 m | Winter Hill TV Mast | Winter Hill, UK
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| 305 m | J.P. Morgan Chase Tower | Houston, TX, US
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| 305 m | AMP Tower | Sydney, Australia
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| 305 m | VRT Zendstation Egem | Egem, Belgium
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| 304.8m | CKVR Television Tower | Barrie, Ontario, Canada
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| 303.5 m | Zendstation Smilde | Smilde, Netherlands
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| 302 m | Sender Scharteberg | Scharteberg, Germany
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| 302 m | Sender Bielstein | Bielstein, Germany
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| 301 m | Sender Langenberg | Langenberg, Germany
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| 300 m | Commerzbank Tower | Frankfurt, Germany
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| 300 m | BRTN Toren | Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium
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| 300 m | Transmitter Hamburg-Billstedt | Hamburg, Germany
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| 300 m | Transmitter Kalisz-Miskat | Kalisz-Miskat, Poland
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| 300 m | FM- and TV-mast Hosingen | Hosingen, Luxembourg
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| 300 m | Transmitter Roumoules | Roumoules, France
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| 300 m | Transmitter Bouvigny-Boyeffles | Bouvigny-Boyeffles, France
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| 300 m | Mumbai TV Tower | Mumbai, India
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