page_title: Pas de Bellecombe-Jacob
section_title: Location
hierarchical_section_title: Pas de Bellecombe-Jacob / Location
caption_attribution_description: The parking lot at the end of the Route du Volcan, on the way to the Piton de la Fournaise summit, near the Pas de Bellecombe. In the background&#160;: Piton Partage
context_page_description: Pas de Bellecombe-Jacob is a mountain pass and vista point overlooking Enclos Fouqué, the last caldera formed by Piton de la Fournaise, the active volcano on the eastern side of Réunion island in the Indian Ocean.
  It is named after Guillaume Léonard de Bellecombe, governor of La Réunion during the 18th century, and Jacob, the slave that actually discovered the pass.
context_section_description: The Pas de Bellecombe is situated over the caldera rim cliffs, at a 2311 m elevation, and offers a good point of view over the northeast part of the caldera, including a small crater called Formica Leo.
caption: The parking lot at Pas de Bellecombe.
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