Chapel of the Snows

The Chapel of the Snows is a non-denominational Christian church at the United States' on , Antarctica. Initially built from scrap material in 1956, it burned down in 1978 and was rebuilt in 1989.
Wikipedia
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
  • Roof shape: gabled
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

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

Hospital building
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
is a hospital building, which is situated 180 metres east of Chapel of the Snows.

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

Peak
Photo: Gmarsden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a steep 754-foot hill adjacent to in and commonly called "Ob Hill". It is frequently climbed to get good viewing points across the continent.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include McMurdo Station and Fortress Rocks.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
The Ross Sea in is the world's most southerly sea. It's ice-bound for much of the year, but at the height of summer ships can cautiously enter.

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 on , Antarctica. and are Antarctic research stations located on the Hut Point Peninsula.

Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a research station at on near in New Zealand's Ross Dependency territorial claim. is situated 2½ km east of Chapel of the Snows.

Chapel of the Snows

Latitude
-77.8472° or 77° 50′ 50″ south
Longitude
166.6617° or 166° 39′ 42″ east
Inception
1989
Levels
1
Open location code
2VJ85M36+4M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 329708565
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­chapel
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­nondenominational
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­gabled
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
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”
  • Russian: “Часовня Снегов”
  • Serbian: “Капела снијега”
  • Spanish: “Capilla de las Nieves”
  • Swedish: “Chapel of the Snows”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква Снігів”

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