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An observation deck, observation platform, or viewing platform is an elevated

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platform usually situated upon a tall architectural structure, such as a

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observation tower An observation tower is a structure used to view events from a long distance and to create a full 360 degree range of vision to conduct long distance observations. Observation towers are usually at least tall and are made from stone, iron, and ...

. Observation decks are sometimes enclosed from weather, and a few may include coin-operated telescopes for viewing distant features.

List of public observation decks

List of highest observation decks by type

Timeline of world's highest observation decks

This is a timeline of the development of world's highest observation decks since the inauguration of the

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in 1885.

Under construction

* Unknown Jeddah Tower, Jeddah,

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. 637 m, Level 157 *Unknown

Goldin Finance 117 Goldin Finance 117, also known as China 117 Tower ( Chinese: 中国117大厦), is an unfinished skyscraper in Xiqing District, Tianjin, China. The tower was topped out in 2015 at a height of 597 m (1,959 ft). It has 128 storeys above ground, wi ...

Tianjin Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popu ...

, China. 578.7 m, Level 116 * 2023 (est.) Merdeka 118,

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. 517.7 m , Level 117 (Spire observation level at 566 m) * 2027 (est) Taipei Twin Towers,

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...

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. 347 m, Level 73 Approved * 2025 (est.)

Signature Tower Jakarta Signature Tower was a proposed skyscraper in Jakarta, Indonesia. The proposed height is . The tower was proposed in 2010, with developers hoping to begin construction in 2015. Planning permission for the tower was granted in late 2015. Construct ...

, Jakarta,

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

. 515.8 m, Level 111 * 2028 (est.) Torch Tower,

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

, Japan. 300 m, Level 55 * 2030 (est.) Millennium Tower,

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. 280 m, Level 67 See also List of tallest buildings and structures in the world#World's highest observation deck

Observation deck gallery

File:Viewing platform - top right.jpg, The 10 m observation deck of

Ronda Ronda () is a town in the Spanish province of Málaga. It is located about west of the city of Málaga, within the autonomous community of Andalusia. Its population is about 35,000. Ronda is known for its cliff-side location and a deep chasm ...

, Spain, overlooks the Depression of Ronda plain over 100 m below. File:TreeHouse-Elevated01.jpg, A multi-level

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, with an observation deck on top File:Rokko garden terrace03s3200.jpg, An observation deck place in Rokko Garden Terrace,

Mount Rokkō is the name of a range of mountains in southeastern Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Outline There is no single mountain or peak called "Rokkō," although the highest peak of the mountains is called , (literally, ''the highest peak of the Rokkō ...

, Kobe, Japan File:Observation deck overlooking Potsdamer Platz with placard showing 1929 view.jpg, An observation deck in

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with a view of

Potsdamer Platz Potsdamer Platz (, ''Potsdam Square'') is a public square and traffic intersection in the center of Berlin, Germany, lying about south of the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag ( German Parliament Building), and close to the southeast corn ...

on the other side of the Berlin Wall, 1977. At the bottom of the steps a placard shows what the square looked like in 1929. File:One World Observatory View.jpg, Brooklyn Bridge as viewed from the One World Observatory in New York City File:Vista del Puerto de Victoria desde Sky100, Hong Kong, 2013-08-09, DD 10.JPG, Night View of the

Victoria Harbour Victoria Harbour is a natural landform harbour in Hong Kong separating Hong Kong Island in the south from the Kowloon Peninsula to the north. The harbour's deep, sheltered waters and strategic location on South China Sea were instrumental i ...

, Hong Kong from sky100

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