Chapel of Saint Mary Queen of Peace
The St. Mary Queen of Peace Chapel is a Catholic chapel located in Villa Las Estrellas, in the Chilean Antarctic Territory, which includes in the commune of Antártica, within the Region of Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica, about 1580 km from Punta Arenas.Photo: Carlos78chile, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: church in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Chapel of St. Mary Queen of Peace”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Holy Trinity Church and Antarctic Treaty Monument.
Holy Trinity Church
Church
Photo: ArJuna, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holy Trinity Church 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 and the southernmost Eastern Orthodox church in the world. Holy Trinity Church is situated 560 metres northeast of Chapel of Saint Mary Queen of Peace.
Antarctic Treaty Monument
Memorial
Photo: Tsy1980, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Monument to the Antarctic Treaty commemorates the signatories of the Antarctic Treaty, which was opened for signing in 1959 and came into force in 1961. Antarctic Treaty Monument is situated 310 metres east of Chapel of Saint Mary Queen of Peace.
Kitezh, Lake
Lake
Lake Kitezh is a lake 0.3 nautical miles long near the center of Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The largest of many lakes on the peninsula, it has been used as a reservoir by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition Bellingshausen Station and the Chilean Rodolfo Marsh Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Villa Las Estrellas and President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base.
Villa Las Estrellas
Photo: SnowSwan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Villa Las Estrellas is a Chilean civilian settlement on King George Island, the largest of the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula. It consists of some dozen prefabs but is a vital service hub for all the bases on the island.
President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base
Neighborhood
Photo: Mefisto29, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva is the most important Antarctic base of Chile. It is located at Fildes Peninsula, an ice-free area, in front of Fildes Bay, at the west end of King George Island, South Shetland Islands.
Chapel of Saint Mary Queen of Peace
- Categories: chapel, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-62.19981° or 62° 11′ 59″ southLongitude
-58.96777° or 58° 58′ 4″ westOpen location code
3893R22J+3VOpenStreetMap ID
way 277045528OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q5748369
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Chapel of Saint Mary Queen of Peace” goes by many names.
- French: “Chapelle Sainte-Marie Reine de la Paix”
- French: “chapelle Sainte-Marie-Reine-de-la-Paix de Villa Las Estrellas”
- French: “Chapelle Sainte-Marie-Reine-de-la-Paix de Villa Las Estrellas”
- German: “Maria Königin des Friedens (Antarktis)”
- German: “Maria Königin des Friedens”
- Indonesian: “Kapel Santa Maria Ratu Damai, Antarktika”
- Portuguese: “Capela de Santa Maria Rainha da Paz”
- Slovenian: “kapela sv. Marije Kraljice miru”
- Spanish: “Capilla de Santa Maria Reina de la Paz”
- Spanish: “Capilla de Santa María Reina de la Paz”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Public Library No. 291 and Correos de Chile.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Hostel Polestar and Hangar.
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