Skarð, Iceland

Skarð
Village

Skarðskirkja, the Skarð church

Location of the Municipality of Rangárþing ytra
Skarð

Location of Skarð in Iceland

Coordinates: 63°45′N 20°37′W / 63.750°N 20.617°W / 63.750; -20.617
Country  Iceland
Constituency[1] South Constituency
Region[2] Southern Region
Municipality Rangárþing ytra
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

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

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


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