Vestre Åmøy Chapel
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LocationStavanger Municipality, Rogaland
CountryNorway
| Vestre Åmøy Chapel | |
|---|---|
| Vestre Åmøy kapell | |
 View of the chapel | |
 Vestre Åmøy Chapel | |
| 59°02′18″N 5°41′40″E / 59.038255°N 5.694579°E | |
| Location | Stavanger Municipality, Rogaland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Chapel |
| Founded | 1953 |
| Consecrated | 1953 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architectural type | Long church |
| Completed | 1953 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 80 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Stavanger bispedømme |
| Deanery | Tungenes prosti |
| Parish | Mosterøy |
Vestre Åmøy Chapel (Norwegian: Vestre Åmøy kapell) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located on the western end of the small island of Åmøy. It is an annex chapel in the Mosterøy parish which is part of the Tungenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, wooden chapel was built in a long church style in 1953 using designs by an unknown architect. The chapel seats about 80 people.[1] The building was renovated in 1980.
