Chapel of the Snows

The Chapel of the Snows is a non-denominational Christian church at the United States' McMurdo Station on Ross Island, Antarctica. Initially built from scrap material in 1956, it burned down in 1978 and was rebuilt in 1989.

Photo: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0.

Type: Church
Denomination: nondenominational
Description: non-denominational Christian church located at the United States McMurdo Station on Ross Island
Also known as: “Часовня Снегов”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include McMurdo General Hospital and Albert P. Crary Science and Engineering Center.

McMurdo General Hospital

Hospital building

Photo: USGS, Public domain.

McMurdo General Hospital is a hospital building, which is situated 180 metres east of Chapel of the Snows.

Albert P. Crary Science and Engineering Center

Office building

The Albert P. Crary Science and Engineering Center, located at McMurdo Station, was dedicated in November 1991 by the National Science Foundation. The laboratory is named in honor of geophysicist and glaciologist Albert P. Albert P. Crary Science and Engineering Center is situated 140 metres southeast of Chapel of the Snows.

Observation Hill

Peak

Photo: Gmarsden, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Observation Hill is a steep 754-foot hill adjacent to McMurdo Station in Antarctica and commonly called "Ob Hill". It is frequently climbed to get good viewing points across the continent.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fortress Rocks and Scott Base.

Fortress Rocks

Locality

Photo: Eli Duke, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hut Point Peninsula is a long, narrow peninsula from 2 to 3 nautical miles wide and 15 nautical miles long, projecting south-west from the slopes of Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica. McMurdo Station and Scott Base are Antarctic research stations located on the Hut Point Peninsula.

Scott Base

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Scott Base is a New Zealand Antarctic research station at Pram Point on Ross Island near Mount Erebus in New Zealand's Ross Dependency territorial claim. Scott Base is situated 2½ km east of Chapel of the Snows.

Chapel of the Snows

Categories: building, chapel, place of worship, and religion
Location: Antarctica
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Latitude

-77.8472° or 77° 50′ 50″ south

Longitude

166.6617° or 166° 39′ 42″ east

Inception

1989

Levels

Roof shape

gabled

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

2VJ85M36+4M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 329708565

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=chapel

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=nondenominational

Wikidata ID

Q1645963

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Chapel of the Snows” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Capella de les Neus”
Dutch: “Chapel of the Snows”
French: “chapelle des Neiges de McMurdo”
French: “Chapelle des Neiges de McMurdo”
French: “Chapelle des Neiges”
German: “Chapel of the Snows”
Indonesian: “Kapel Katolik Salju, Antartika”
Italian: “cappella delle Nevi”
Italian: “Cappella delle Nevi”
Japanese: “雪の聖堂”
Lithuanian: “Sniegynų koplyčia”
Portuguese: “Capela das Neves”
Russian: “Церковь Снегов”
Serbian: “Капела снијега”
Spanish: “Capilla de las Nieves”
Swedish: “Chapel of the Snows”
Ukrainian: “Церква Снігів”

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