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Craters of Laki s a volcanic fissure situated in the south of Iceland and the site of the deadliest volcanic eruption in recorded history.

In 1783-1784 the system erupted for over 8 months with 3.4 cubic miles of basalt lava and poisonous hydrofluoric acid/sulfur-dioxide compounds. It is estimated that 50% of Iceland's livestock perished which lead to a famine and the death of 25% of the population.

Worldwide an estimated six million people died: temperature drops caused crops to failed in Europe, droughts in India, and famine in Japan. Also the Mississippi River froze at New Orleans, and there was ice in the Gulf of Mexico.

Lassen Peak is the largest plug dome volcano in the world and the southern-most volcano in the Cascade Range's Volcanic Arc (northern California to sw British Columbia).

Lassen last erupted in 1915; the Lassen Volcanic National Park was established to preserve the area for future observation and study.

Licancabur, a symmetrical stratovolcano, straddles the border between Chile and Bolivia.

An archeological site of Inca ruins indicate the volcano has been quiet for 500-1000 years.

Llaima is one of the largest volcanoes in Chile, with frequent, though relatively moderate eruptions.

Llaima is located within the borders of Conguillio National Park, 412 miles (666 km) south of Santiago.

Llullaillaco, is a stratovolcano of the Andes at the border of Argentina and Chile, in the Puna de Atacama, a region of very high volcanic peaks on a high plateau within the Atacama Desert.

The name Llullaillaco comes from the Aymara or Quechua languages, meaning dirty or treacherous water. The snow line in this region is around 3300 feet, higher than the Himalayas.

The highest Inca burial discovered (1999) is also the highest archaeological site in the world, are on Llullaillaco. The burial is of the perfectly preserved bodies of three children, sacrificed about 500 years ago.