Chapel of St. Francis of Assisi
The Chapel of St. Francis of Assisi is a chapel of the Roman Catholic Church located on the Esperanza Base administered by Argentina on the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica.Photo: Michelle Maria, CC BY 3.0.
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: chapel in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Capilla San Francisco de Asís”
- Address: Fortín Sgto Cabral, 9411
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Flora, Mount and Whitten Peak.
Flora, Mount
Peak
Mount Flora is a mountain, 520 m high, containing a well-defined cirque which faces north-east, standing 0.5 nmi south-east of the head of Hope Bay, at the north-east end of the Antarctic Peninsula.
Whitten Peak
Peak
Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hope Bay is a bay 3 nautical miles long and 2 nautical miles wide, indenting the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula and opening on Antarctic Sound. Whitten Peak is situated 3½ km west of Chapel of St. Francis of Assisi.
Chapel of St. Francis of Assisi
- Categories: chapel, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-63.39812° or 63° 23′ 53″ southLongitude
-56.99685° or 56° 59′ 49″ westOpen location code
3885J223+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
way 623915492OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q18594309
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In Other Languages
From Indonesian to Spanish—“Chapel of St. Francis of Assisi” goes by many names.
- Indonesian: “Kapel Santo Fransiskus dari Assisi, Antarktika”
- Portuguese: “Capela de São Francisco de Assis (Antártida)”
- Portuguese: “Capela de São Francisco de Assis”
- Spanish: “Capilla de San Francisco de Asis”
- Spanish: “Capilla de San Francisco de Asís”
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