Cable car · Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Zeppelinbanen
Zeppelinbanen is a cable car near Svalbard and Jan Mayen. It climbs 415 m over 895 m, from 52 m to 467 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 102 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
83/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Zeppelinbanen is scarier than 83% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site.
- Highest above the ground: about 102 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 363 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 786 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 25°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 604 m of the 895 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Zeppelinbanen is in Svalbard and Jan Mayen, at 52 m above sea level (78.91544° N, 11.88975° E). From there it runs 895 m up to the top station at 467 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 6 people
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.