In 1783, 79% of the Icelandic sheep stock were killed, probably as a result of fluorosis caused by the eruption of Lakagígar.
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51 hours after the eruption had started ash fell on Helsinki, Finland having covered 2860 km in this time.
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Farms upwind of the volcano in Þjórsárdalur valley (15 km away), Hrunamannaafréttur (50 km away) and Lake Hvítárvatn (70 km away) were abandoned due to the damage.
Heklina is half-Icelandic and named herself after the Icelandic volcano Hekla.
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