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There are eight churches on Antarctica proper, [1] with another two located south of the Antarctic Convergence. [2] The southernmost of these religious buildings is the Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows, a Catholic chapel carved out of the ice surrounding the Belgrano II Base, at Bertrab Nunatak. [3]
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Religion in Antarctica is largely dominated by Christianity, with churches being the only religious buildings on the continent. Although used regularly for Christian worship, the Chapel of the Snows has also been used for Buddhist and Baháʼí Faith ceremonies. Some of the early religious buildings are now protected as important historical ...
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The Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows [1] (Spanish: Capilla de Nuestra Señora de las Nieves) [2] is a chapel excavated in a cave in the ice near the Belgrano II base [3] in the territory it claims as part of Argentine Antarctica. It is one of eight churches on Antarctica.
Holy Trinity Church (Russian: Церковь Святой Троицы) is a small Russian Orthodox church on King George Island near Bellingshausen Station, a Russian research station in Antarctica. It is one of the eight churches on Antarctica. It is the southernmost Eastern Orthodox [1] church [2] in the world (cf. St. Ivan Rilski Chapel).
This category contains articles about buildings used as churches. See also Category:Christian denominations or Category:Christian buildings and structures . Geography portal
The Chapel of the Snows is a non-denominational Christian church located at the United States' McMurdo Station on Ross Island, Antarctica and is one of eight churches on Antarctica. It was built in 1956 from scrap materials, and this one burned down in 1978, but it was rebuilt ten years later.