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Gondola · Sapanca, Turkey

Sapanca Teleferik

Sapanca Teleferik is a gondola near Sapanca, Turkey. It climbs 327 m over 1.46 km, from 58 m to 385 m above sea level. Between its 7 pylons, the cable runs up to about 40 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

24/100 · Gentle

By the numbers, Sapanca Teleferik is scarier than 24% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 21 of 28 in Turkey.

  • Highest above the ground: about 40 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 931 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 357 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 15°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of Sapanca Teleferik is near Sapanca, Turkey, at 58 m above sea level (40.69120° N, 30.22721° E). From there it runs 1.46 km up to the top station at 385 m.

Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.