Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows | |
Native Name: | Capilla de Nuestra Señora de las Nieves |
Location: | Belgrano II Base, Antarctica |
Denomination: | Catholic Church |
Dedication: | Mary, mother of Jesus |
Archdiocese: | Bahía Blanca |
Diocese: | Río Gallegos |
Province: | Bahía Blanca |
Archbishop: | Guillermo José Garlatti |
Bishop: | Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva |
The Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows[1] (Spanish; Castilian: 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.
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.