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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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Skarðskirkja
Skarðskirkja á landi
Farm
Skarðskirkja, the Skarð church
Skarðskirkja, the Skarð church
Location of the Municipality of Rangárþing ytra
Location of the Municipality of Rangárþing ytra
Coordinates: 63°45′N 20°37′W / 63.750°N 20.617°W / 63.750; -20.617
Country Iceland
ConstituencySouth Constituency
RegionSouthern Region
MunicipalityRangárþing ytra
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Skarð (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈskarθ]) is a small farm and a 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.[1] This parish and church is called "Skarðskirkja á Landi" to disambiguate from other places named Skarð. The original Roman Catholic church was devoted to archangel Michael.[2]

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