Skarð, Iceland

Skarðskirkja Skarðskirkja á landi
Farm
Skarðskirkja, the Skarð church
Location of the Municipality of Rangárþing ytra
Coordinates: 63°45′N 20°37′W
Country	Iceland
Constituency	South Constituency
Region	Southern Region
Municipality	Rangárþing ytra
Time zone	UTC+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]

References

1. Fellsmúlaprestakall, Suðurland deanery, Church of Iceland.
2. Skarðskirkja á Landi (1931), Kirkjukort.net

64.0049°N 20.0950°W / 64.0049; -20.0950