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Skarð, Iceland

Coordinates: 64°00′18″N 20°05′42″W / 64.0049°N 20.0950°W / 64.0049; -20.0950
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Skarð
Village
Skarðskirkja, the Skarð church
Skarðskirkja, the Skarð church
Location of the Municipality of Rangárþing ytra
Location of the Municipality of Rangárþing ytra
Country Iceland
Constituency[1]South Constituency
Region[2]Southern Region
MunicipalityRangárþing ytra
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Skarð is a small village and church parish in southwestern Iceland in the Rangárþing ytra municipality (before 2002: Landsveit), Rangárvallasýsla county, and Southern Region, along road 26 (Landvegur), northwest of Hekla.

The present Skarð church was built in 1931. The parish shares a priest with four other church parishes (Árbæjar, Haga, Kálfholts, Marteinstungu) under the name Fellsmúlaprestakall.[3] This parish and church is called "Skarðskirkja á Landi" to disambiguate from other places named Skarð. The original catholic church was devoted to archangel Michael.[4]

References

  1. ^ Political division
  2. ^ Mainly statistical division
  3. ^ Fellsmúlaprestakall, Suðurland deanery, Church of Iceland.
  4. ^ Skarðskirkja á Landi (1931), Kirkjukort.net

64°00′18″N 20°05′42″W / 64.0049°N 20.0950°W / 64.0049; -20.0950