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LAKI ICELAND VOLCANO

OVERVIEW

Overview

  • The Laki volcano is a shield volcano.
  • Laki is on a Divergent plate boundary.
  • Laki's summit elevation is 2,684 feet high.
  • Laki's eruption type is Hawaiian.
  • Its most famous eruption is the Laki Eruption of 1783. It lasted nine months.

MORE OVERVIEW

MORE overview

  • First eruption date: June 8, 1783
  • Last eruption date: February 7, 1784
  • It has pahoehoe lava.
  • It's on a divergent plate boundary.
  • I think it's on a subduction zone.
  • It is on the mid-atlantic ridge.

DAMAGE

there are no pictures of after effects due to the time period

Damage

  • More than 9,000 people were killed by direct effects (lava, poisinous gasses, etc.).
  • A famine followed and about 1/3 of iceland's population died (about 20,000 people).
  • 42 billion tons of basalt lava, hydrofluoric acid, and sulfuric acid were unleashed into the soil and air.
  • 80% of sheep, 50% of cattle, and 50% of horses in Iceland died mainly due to soil contamination.
  • Lava flow destroyed 20 villages.

GEOGRAPHY

Geography

  • The Laki volcano is located in Iceland.
  • The area around the volcano chain is generally rocky, muddy, and grassy.
  • It's generally cold in this area.

EXTRA STUFF

Extra Stuff

  • Since the volcano is dormant, the local community doesn't have to take any safety measures. also there are no surrounding towns or cities, so it doesn't really matter anyway.
  • Today, the volcano provides excellent sightseeing and proves profitable for Iceland economically since people come and pay to see it.
  • Fun facts:
  • 1) when it erupted, it made a giant lava field that covered 218 square miles.
  • 2) Laki means sheet if you translate it from Icelandic to English on Google Translate
  • 3) Laki is a pacific islander boy name that means "lucky"
  • 4) the eruption formed the craters of Lakigar
  • 5) laki is the 6th deadliest volcano since 1500 A.D. (according to the US gov.)

VIDEOOOO!!!

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaGPdL3bhCA

VIDEOOOO!!!

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