Kópasker

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title: "Kópasker" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-northeastern-region-(iceland)"] description: "Village in Northeastern Region, Iceland" topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-northeastern-region-iceland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kópasker" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Northeastern Region, Iceland ::

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Field	Value
name	Kópasker
native_name
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subdivision_type2	Region
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subdivision_name3	Norðurþing
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2
area_land_km2
population_as_of	2011
population_total	120
timezone	GMT
utc_offset	+0
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
postal_code_type	Post Code
postal_code	670, 671
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|postal_code =670, 671 |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = |}} Kópasker () is a small village with approximately 120 inhabitants in the municipality of Norðurþing, situated on the eastern shore of Öxarfjörður in northeast Iceland.

Kópasker (church 1).jpg|Church of Kópasker: Snartarstaðarkirkja KópaskerGeneralView.jpg|General view

Overview

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 Co-op, providing services to local agriculture and fisheries. Meat-processing is the biggest industry in Kópasker, represented by the slaughterhouse and lamb-processing factory, Fjallalamb. The District Museum is located at the church site Snartarstaðir 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 Richter scale and destroyed several houses and other structures in the area. Snartarstaðarkirkja 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 inauguration.

In Kópasker there is a shop, garage, health care centre, school, bank, campsite and guesthouses. North of Kópasker is the peninsula Melrakkaslétta, with its abundant birdlife, and also the northernmost point of mainland Iceland, Hraunhafnartangi.

The village has its own airport, Kópasker Airport, located approximately a kilometre north of the town.

References

References

2. "Kópasker". nordurthing.is.
3. "Snartarstaðakirkja".

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