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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]
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.
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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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