Laki or Lakagígar (Craters of Laki) is a
volcanic fissure situated in the south of
Iceland, not far from the canyon of
Eldgjá and the small town
Kirkjubæjarklaustur, in
Skaftafell National Park.Laki is part of a volcanic system, centering on the
Grímsvötn volcano and including the
Eldgjá canyon and
Katla volcano, and lies between the
glaciers of
Mýrdalsjökull and
Vatnajökull, in an area of fissures which run in a south-west to north-east direction.In AD 934, the Laki system produced a very large
volcanic eruption, as a
flood basalt in the Eldgjá eruption, which released 19.6
km³ (4.7
mi³) of lava. In
1783-
1784, the system erupted again, from the Laki fissure and the adjoining Grímsvötn volcano, spewing 15
km³ (3.6
mi³) of
basalt lava and clouds of poisonous
fluorine/
sulfur-dioxide compounds that killed over 50% of livestock, leading to famine which killed 21% of the population.
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