Gondola · Xiamen, China
钟鼓索道 (Zhonggu Cablecar)
钟鼓索道 is a gondola near Xiamen, China. It climbs 54 m over 961 m, from 39 m to 93 m above sea level. Between its 9 pylons, the cable runs up to about 42 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
17/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, 钟鼓索道 is scarier than 17% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 293 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 42 m, as high as a 14-storey building, 73 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 235 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 13°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 钟鼓索道 is near Xiamen, China, at 39 m above sea level (24.45535° N, 118.08912° E). From there it runs 961 m up to the top station at 93 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
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.