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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Skarð, Iceland

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. 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.

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