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is a Protestant stone church which seats about 90 persons. It was inaugurated on 5 March 1929 after the old church of Kópasker had been torn down. The church remained undamaged by the earthquake of 1976. The cross at the top of the tower was added in 1979 on the occasion of the 50th jubilee of the
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The first residential house in Kópasker, Bakki, was built in 1912 by Árni Ingimundarson. Bakki burned down in 1988. Kópasker grew around the operation of the
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by Kópasker. In the village there is also an exhibition at the Kópasker Earthquake Center describing the big earthquake of 1976 that measured 6.3 on the
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In Kópasker there is a shop, garage, health care centre, school, bank, campsite and guesthouses. North of Kópasker is the peninsula
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and destroyed several houses and other structures in the area.
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with approximately 120 inhabitants in the municipality of
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Location of the Municipality of Norðurþing
Kópasker is located in Iceland
66°18′N 16°27′W / 66.300°N 16.450°W / 66.300; -16.450
Iceland
Constituency
Northeast Constituency
Region
Northeastern Region
Municipality
Norðurþing
Time zone
UTC+0
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[ˈkʰouːpaˌscɛːr̥]
village
Norðurþing
Öxarfjörður
Iceland
Church of Kópasker: Snartarstaðarkirkja

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