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Map of active volcanoes with reports (news or ash advisories) in 2015

Volcano	Region	News	VAAC	Total
Sakurajima	Kyushu, Japan	68	846	914
Dukono	Halmahera, Indonesia	83	333	416
Sinabung	Sumatra, Indonesia	83	205	288
Raung	East Java, Indonesia	35	222	257
Manam	Papua New Guinea	31	73	104
Colima	Western Mexico	88	2	90
Shiveluch	Kamchatka	77	-	77
Karymsky	Kamchatka	72	-	72
Batu Tara	Sunda Islands, Indonesia	27	43	70
Kilauea	Hawai'i	61	-	61
Fuego	Guatemala	61	-	61
Soputan	North Sulawesi, Indonesia	23	34	57
Shishaldin	Aleutian Islands, Alaska	57	-	57
Bagana	Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea	16	40	56
Zhupanovsky	Kamchatka, Russia	48	-	48
Piton de la Fournaise	La Réunion	46	-	46
Etna	Sicily, Italy	45	-	45
Cotopaxi	Ecuador	43	-	43
Klyuchevskoy	Kamchatka	38	-	38
Aso	central Kyushu, Japan	34	2	36
Popocatépetl	Central Mexico	36	-	36
Gamalama	Halmahera, Indonesia	10	23	33
Tungurahua	Ecuador	33	-	33
Karangetang	Siau Island, Sangihe Islands, Indonesia	32	-	32
Ubinas	Peru	32	-	32
Nevado del Ruiz	Colombia	31	-	31
Chirpoi	Kurile Islands, Russia	30	-	30
Barren Island	Indian Ocean	13	17	30
Villarrica	Central Chile	28	-	28
Reventador	Ecuador	26	-	26
Chirinkotan	Northern Kuriles, Russia	25	-	25
Cleveland	Aleutian Islands, Alaska	23	-	23
Turrialba	Costa Rica	23	-	23
Pacaya	Guatemala	22	-	22
Santiaguito	Guatemala	22	-	22
Bardarbunga	Central Iceland	19	-	19
Rinjani	Lombok, Indonesia	17	-	17
Calbuco	Southern Chile and Argentina, South America	17	-	17
Suwanose-jima	Ryukyu Islands, Japan	16	-	16
Lokon-Empung	North Sulawesi, Indonesia	15	1	16
Sangeang Api	Flores Sea, Indonesia	7	8	15
Telica	Nicaragua	15	-	15
Kuchinoerabu-jima	Ryukyu Islands, Japan	14	-	14
Bromo	East Java, Indonesia	14	-	14
Copahue	Chile/Argentina	14	-	14
Bulusan	Luzon Island, Philippines	11	-	11
Sabancaya	Peru	10	-	10
Hakone	Honshu, Japan	9	-	9
Ambrym	Vanuatu	9	-	9
Sangay	Ecuador	9	-	9
Fogo	Cape Verde	9	-	9
Concepción	Nicaragua	9	-	9
Sirung	Pantar Island, Indonesia	3	6	9
Nishino-shima	Volcano Islands, Japan	9	-	9
Semeru	East Java, Indonesia	9	-	9
Wolf	Galápagos Islands, Ecuador	9	-	9
Momotombo	Nicaragua	8	-	8
Canlaon	Central Philippines, Philippines	8	-	8
Chikurachki	Paramushir Island, Kuril Islands	8	-	8
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai	Tonga, Tonga Islands	8	-	8
Lewotobi	Flores, Indonesia	6	-	6
Papandayan	West Java, Indonesia	6	-	6
Kerinci	Sumatra, Indonesia	5	-	5
Krakatau	Sunda Strait, Indonesia	5	-	5
Stromboli	Eolian Islands, Italy	5	-	5
Veniaminof	Alaska Peninsula, USA	5	-	5
Ruapehu	North Island, New Zealand	5	-	5
Alaid	Atlasov Island, Northern Kuriles	4	-	4
Asama	Honshu, Japan	4	-	4
San Miguel	El Salvador	4	-	4
Guallatiri	Northern Chile, Bolivia and Argentina, South America	4	-	4
Ibu	Halmahera, Indonesia	4	-	4
Yasur	Tanna Island, Vanuatu	4	-	4
Sinarka	Central Kurile islands, Russia	4	-	4
San Cristobal	Nicaragua	4	-	4
Tongariro	North Island, New Zealand	4	-	4
Slamet	Central Java, Indonesia	4	-	4
Semisopochnoi	United States, Aleutian Islands	4	-	4
Axial Seamount	Northeastern Pacific Ocean, Juan de Fuca Ridge	3	-	3
Maunaloa	Big Island, Hawai'i	3	-	3
Paluweh	off Flores Island, Indonesia	3	-	3
Una Una	Sulawesi & Sangihe Islands, Indonesia	3	-	3
Gamkonora	Halmahera, Indonesia	3	-	3
Awu	Sulawesi & Sangihe Islands, Indonesia	3	-	3
Grímsvötn	Iceland	3	-	3
Masaya	Nicaragua	3	-	3
Michael	South Sandwich Islands, UK	3	-	3
Dempo	Sumatra, Indonesia	3	-	3
Merapi	Central Java, Indonesia	1	2	3
Marapi	Western Sumatra, Indonesia	3	-	3
Erta Ale	Danakil depression, Ethiopia	3	-	3
Ruang	Sulawesi & Sangihe Islands, Indonesia	3	-	3
Meru	Tanzania	2	-	2
Heard	Australia, Southern Indian Ocean	2	-	2
Egon	Flores, Indonesia	2	-	2
Ngauruhoe	North Island, New Zealand	2	-	2
Medvezhia	Kurile Islands, Russia	2	-	2
Kirishima	Kyushu, Japan	2	-	2
Ontake-san	Honshu, Japan	2	-	2
Chaitén	Southern Chile and Argentina, South America	2	-	2
Kick 'em Jenny	West Indies, Grenada	2	-	2
Lascar	Northern Chile	2	-	2
Cerro Negro de Mayasquer	Colombia	2	-	2
Ciremai	West Java, Indonesia	1	1	2
White Island	New Zealand	2	-	2
Tangkubanparahu	West Java, Indonesia	1	-	1
Dallol	Danakil desert, Ethiopia	1	-	1
Soufriere Hills	Montserrat, West Indies (UK)	1	-	1
Talang	Sumatra, Indonesia	1	-	1
Mount Olympus	Mars	1	-	1
Okataina (Tarawera)	New Zealand	1	-	1
Zao	Honshu, Japan	1	-	1
Tupungatito	Central Chile and Argentina, South America	1	-	1
Hekla	Iceland	1	-	1
Guagua Pichincha	Ecuador	1	-	1
Askja	Central Iceland	1	-	1
Ijen	East Java, Indonesia	1	-	1
Sunset Crater	Arizona, Canada and USA (mainland)	1	-	1
Akan	Hokkaido, Japan	1	-	1
Nevados de Chillán	Central Chile	1	-	1

Notes:
The present list contains all volcanoes, which have received updates (news) or Volcanic Ash Advisories (VAAC) reports during the selected (or current) year / month. It fairly well reflects which volcanoes have been most active during this time.
However, it is not the same as the number of volcanoes that have actually erupted, because it includes volcanoes that have only shown unrest (but no eruption following) or were updated for other interesting events as well. Although quite close, the data is not complete for a variety of reasons, mainly:
- Some eruptions world-wide still go unnoticed, especially in remote areas, as well as most submarine ones.
- Some volcanoes might erupt or be in near-persistent eruption without triggering VAAC reports.
- As we are a small team only, we can not provide complete cover of all eruptions occurring (contributions welcome!)
- VAAC reports are available from Nov 2012 on while our systematic collection of volcano news goes back to 2008.

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