Col de Bellevue
The Col de Bellevue is a mountain pass on the RN3 road which runs across the Indian Ocean island of Réunion. At 1606 metres it is one of the highest road passes on the island, and lies between the villages of Bourg-Murat and La Plaine-des-Palmistes…| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Piton de la Source and Gros Piton Rond.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bourg-Murat and La Plaine-des-Palmistes.
Bourg-Murat
Village
Photo: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bourg-Murat is a village on the Plaine des Cafres on the French island of Réunion, lying north east of Le Tampon. It has a museum dedicated to the nearby Piton de la Fournaise volcano and is home to the Piton de la Fournaise Volcano Observatory.
La Plaine-des-Palmistes
Town
Photo: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Plaine-des-Palmistes is a commune in the French overseas department of Réunion. It lies in the eastern part of the island, on the RN3 road, south west of Saint-Benoît and northeast of the Col de Bellevue.
Col de Bellevue
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,616 metres
- Description: mountain pass in Réunion, France
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Le Tampon, Arrondissement de Saint-Pierre, La Reunion, Réunion, East African Islands, Africa
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Latitude
-21.16609° or 21° 9′ 58″ southLongitude
55.58791° or 55° 35′ 17″ eastElevation
1,616 metres (5,302 feet)Open location code
5HCQRHMQ+H5OpenStreetMap ID
node 559215223OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swahili—“Col de Bellevue” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Col Bellevue”
- Dutch: “Col de Bellevue”
- French: “col de Bellevue”
- French: “Col de Bellevue”
- Slovenian: “Col de Bellevue”
- Swahili: “Col de Bellevue”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Col de Bellevue”. Photo: JoKerozen, CC BY 2.5.