ANTARCTICA - Ornate iconostasis at Trinity Church, a Russian Orthodox church on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. It is situated on a small rocky hill near Russian Bellingshausen Station research base. Constructed of Siberian cedar and pine with special reinforcements against the harsh weather of Antarctica, Trinity Church was consecrated in 2004 and is the southernmost Eastern Orthodox church in the world.
Ornate iconostasis at Trinity Church, a Russian Orthodox church on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. It is situated on a small rocky hill near Russian Bellingshausen Station research base. Constructed of Siberian cedar and pine with special reinforcements against the harsh weather of Antarctica, Trinity Church was consecrated in 2004 and is the southernmost Eastern Orthodox church in the world.
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Location: Bellingshausen Station, King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Photo credit: © David Coleman | Have Camera Will Travel / Alamy / Afripics
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