Laugahraun er eitt af meira en 10 hrafntinnu- og l\u00edpar\u00edthraunum sem runni\u00f0 hafa eftir \u00eds\u00f6ld \u00e1 Torfaj\u00f6kulssv\u00e6\u00f0inu. \u00deorvaldur Thoroddsen \u201efann\u201c \u00ferj\u00fa \u00feeirra seint \u00e1 19. \u00f6ld og l\u00fdsti \u00ed fer\u00f0ab\u00f3k sinni og v\u00ed\u00f0ar \u2014 \u00fea\u00f0 voru Laugahraun, N\u00e1mshraun og D\u00f3madalshraun \u2014 en s\u00ed\u00f0an hafa margir skrifa\u00f0 um \u00feessi hraun og almennt um jar\u00f0- og landfr\u00e6\u00f0i sv\u00e6\u00f0isins, \u00fear \u00e1 me\u00f0al nokkrar doktorsritger\u00f0ir.<\/p>\n
Gossprunga Laugahrauns kl\u00fdfur Brennisteins\u00f6ldu, l\u00edpar\u00edtfjall mynda\u00f0 vi\u00f0 eldgos undir j\u00f6kli \u00edsaldar. Sprungan er framhald gossprungu Vei\u00f0ivatna, sem aftur er talin tengjast eldst\u00f6\u00f0 \u00ed B\u00e1r\u00f0arbungu undir Vatnaj\u00f6kli nor\u00f0vestanver\u00f0um.<\/p>\n
Laugahraun er fr\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed um 1477.<\/p>\n
Til Vei\u00f0ivatnasprungunnar er n\u00fa raki\u00f0 svart gj\u00f3skulag \u00ed jar\u00f0vegi \u00e1 Nor\u00f0ur- og Nor\u00f0-Austurlandi sem f\u00e9ll \u00ed eldgosi kringum \u00e1ri\u00f0 1477. Um \u00fea\u00f0 gos eru engar rita\u00f0ar heimildir en t\u00edmasetningin er fengin \u00fat fr\u00e1 afst\u00f6\u00f0u gj\u00f3skunnar til annarra \u00feekktra laga. Sigur\u00f0ur \u00de\u00f3rarinsson taldi upphaflega a\u00f0 \u00feessi gj\u00f3ska v\u00e6ri upprunnin \u00ed Kverkfj\u00f6llum, en frekari kortlagning leiddi \u00ed lj\u00f3s a\u00f0 um var a\u00f0 r\u00e6\u00f0a gos \u00e1 Vei\u00f0ivatnasprungunni.<\/p>\n
Laugahraun rann semsagt \u00fev\u00ed sem n\u00e6st \u00e1ri\u00f0 1477 \u00ed st\u00f3rgosi \u00fear sem basaltbr\u00e1\u00f0 \u00far kvikuh\u00f3lfi undir B\u00e1r\u00f0arbungu streymdi til su\u00f0vesturs um Vei\u00f0ivatnasprunguna og allt inn \u00ed r\u00e6tur Torfaj\u00f6kuls-eldst\u00f6\u00f0varinnar. \u00c1 Vei\u00f0ivatnasprungunni var\u00f0 basalt\u00edskt gj\u00f3skugos sem mynda\u00f0i fyrrnefnt gj\u00f3skulag, en \u00feegar heit basaltkvikan braust inn \u00ed h\u00e1lfbr\u00e1\u00f0i\u00f0, k\u00edsilr\u00edkt kvikuh\u00f3lf Torfaj\u00f6kulseldst\u00f6\u00f0varinnar kom h\u00fan af sta\u00f0 eldgosi sem me\u00f0al annars mynda\u00f0i Laugahraun.<\/p>\n
Anna\u00f0 samb\u00e6rilegt gos var\u00f0 \u00e1ri\u00f0 871; \u00fe\u00e1 f\u00e9ll Landn\u00e1msaskan svonefnda, sem sj\u00e1 m\u00e1 \u00e1 landn\u00e1mss\u00fdningunni \u00ed Uppsalakjallara og \u00e1 \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0minjasafninu. \u00de\u00e1 myndu\u00f0ust Vatna\u00f6ldur og d\u00f6kki hluti Landn\u00e1mslagsins en lj\u00f3si hlutinn \u00ed l\u00edpar\u00edt-gj\u00f3skugosi \u00e1 Torfaj\u00f6kulssv\u00e6\u00f0inu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Laugahraun er eitt af meira en 10 hrafntinnu- og l\u00edpar\u00edthraunum sem runni\u00f0 hafa eftir \u00eds\u00f6ld \u00e1 Torfaj\u00f6kulssv\u00e6\u00f0inu. \u00deorvaldur Thoroddsen \u201efann\u201c \u00ferj\u00fa \u00feeirra seint \u00e1 19. \u00f6ld og l\u00fdsti \u00ed fer\u00f0ab\u00f3k sinni og v\u00ed\u00f0ar \u2014 \u00fea\u00f0 voru Laugahraun, N\u00e1mshraun og D\u00f3madalshraun \u2014 en s\u00ed\u00f0an hafa margir skrifa\u00f0 um \u00feessi hraun og almennt um jar\u00f0- og landfr\u00e6\u00f0i sv\u00e6\u00f0isins, \u00fear \u00e1 me\u00f0al nokkrar doktorsritger\u00f0ir. Gossprunga Laugahrauns kl\u00fdfur Brennisteins\u00f6ldu, l\u00edpar\u00edtfjall mynda\u00f0 vi\u00f0 eldgos undir j\u00f6kli \u00edsaldar. Sprungan er framhald gossprungu Vei\u00f0ivatna, sem aftur er […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":391264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1088,6,1173],"tags":[20773,3819],"class_list":["post-94694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-greinar","category-sudurland","category-sudurland-2","tag-laugahraun-is","tag-sudurland"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n