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There exist a number of Antarctic churches, including both Christian churches on Antarctica proper and those that were built south of the Antarctic Convergence.According to the 6th article of the Antarctic Treaty, Antarctica is defined politically as all land and ice shelves south of the 60th parallel, while the nearest natural boundary is the Antarctic Convergence.
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 BaháΚΌí 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 the name given to 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.
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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.
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