Landakirkja

Landakirkja is a church in , . Landakirkja is situated nearby to the church , as well as near the college .
Photo: TommyBee, CC0.
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Lutheran
  • Description: church building in Iceland

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Framhaldsskólinn í Vestmannaeyjum and Eldfell.

College
, the comprehensive secondary school of , , was founded 1979 when the mechanical engineering, common trades and the higher education department of the secondary school merged into one. is situated 190 metres south of Landakirkja.

Volcano
Photo: michael clarke stuff, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a volcanic cone just over 200 metres high on the island of in the Westman Islands. It formed in a volcanic eruption that began without warning on the eastern side of Heimaey on 23 January 1973.

Volcano
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an inactive 227 m volcanic cone located on the island of in the archipelago in . The peninsula immediately to the south of in what is now southern Heimaey formed about 6000 years ago.

Landakirkja

Latitude
63.43702° or 63° 26′ 13″ north
Longitude
-20.2723° or 20° 16′ 20″ west
Open location code
99MXCPPH+R3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 366665853
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­lutheran
Wiki­data ID
Q16419731
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Icelandic to Swedish—“Landakirkja” goes by many names.
  • Icelandic: “Landakirkja”
  • Swedish: “Landakirkja”

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Highlights include Aðventkirkjan and Sagnheimar Folk Museum.

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