List of tallest towers
Tower Pinnacle height Year Country City
KPN-Zendmast Waalhaven 199 m 1962 Netherlands Rotterdam-Waalhaven
Xuzhou TV Tower 199 m 1990 China Xuzhou
Zendmast Roermond 197.7 m 1957 Netherlands Roermond
KPN Tower Hilversum 196 m 1973 Netherlands Hilversum
Bantiger TV Tower 196 m 1996 Switzerland Bolligen
Sky Tower Nishitōkyō 195 m 1988 Japan Nishitōkyō , Tokyo
Telstra Tower 195 m 1980 Australia Canberra
Kamzik TV Tower 194 m 1975 Slovakia Bratislava
Gateway Arch 192 m 1965 United States St. Louis
Orissaare TV Tower 191 m 1965 Estonia Orissaare
Dalian Radio and TV Tower 190.5 m ? China Dalian
Calgary Tower 190 m 1967 Canada Calgary
BT Tower 188 m 1964 United Kingdom London
Cairo Tower 188 m 1961 Egypt Cairo
Telecom Italia Tower Rozzano 187 m 1990 Italy Rozzano - Milan
Kuwait Towers 187 m 1979 Kuwait Kuwait City
Vitosha Mountain TV Tower 186 m 1985 Bulgaria Vitosha Mountain
Euromast 186 m 1962 Netherlands Rotterdam
TV tower Decquede 184.5 m 1959 Germany Dequede
Space Needle 184 m 1962 United States Seattle
Entirely self-supported towers -- Towers between 150 and 200 metres tall
This is a list of extant towers that 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 or free-standing, which means no guy-wires for support. The definition means the exclusion from this list of continuously habitable buildings and skyscrapers as well as radio and TV masts. Also excluded from this list because they are not designed for public or regular operational access are bridge towers or pylons, chimneys, transmission towers, sculptures and most large statues and obelisks. Towers are most often built to use their height for various purposes and can stand alone or as part of a larger structure. Some common purposes are for telecommunications, and as a viewing platform. The Tokyo Skytree, completed in February 2012, is 634 m (2,080 ft), making it the tallest tower, and second-tallest free-standing structure in the world.