Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows (Belgrano II Base)

Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows
Capilla de Nuestra Señora de las Nieves
Location	Belgrano II Base, Antarctica
Denomination	Catholic Church
History
Dedication	Mary, mother of Jesus
Administration
Province	Bahía Blanca
Archdiocese	Bahía Blanca
Diocese	Río Gallegos
Clergy
Archbishop	Guillermo José Garlatti
Bishop(s)	Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva

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.

This church in a cave with walls made of ice is the most southern place of worship of any religion in the world. It is a permanent Catholic church for the whole year of Argentina base and scientific research station founded in 1955 on Coats Land.

See also

• Religion in Antarctica
• Chapel of the Snows

References

1. "Soldadosdigital.com" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
2. "Conoce las capillas católicas de la Antártida, NUESTROMAR". www.nuestromar.org (in Spanish). 5 August 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
3. "The Seven Churches of Antarctica". Messy Nessy Chic. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-06.

77.8667°S 34.6333°W / -77.8667; -34.6333