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Map of active volcanoes with reports (news or ash advisories) in 2020

Volcano	Region	News	VAAC	Total
Sabancaya	Peru	32	1547	1579
Sangay	Ecuador	38	1340	1378
Reventador	Ecuador	32	1245	1277
Popocatépetl	Central Mexico	47	1175	1222
Dukono	Halmahera, Indonesia	62	695	757
Sakurajima	Kyushu, Japan	79	665	744
Aso	central Kyushu, Japan	25	669	694
Fuego	Guatemala	44	573	617
Klyuchevskoy	Kamchatka	69	459	528
Suwanose-jima	Ryukyu Islands, Japan	71	417	488
Ebeko	Paramushir Island, Kuril Islands	68	264	332
Semeru	East Java, Indonesia	56	221	277
Nevados de Chillán	Central Chile	25	204	229
Karymsky	Kamchatka	39	164	203
Nishino-shima	Volcano Islands, Japan	34	149	183
Ibu	Halmahera, Indonesia	40	134	174
Shiveluch	Kamchatka	58	99	157
Nevado del Ruiz	Colombia	11	124	135
Sinabung	Sumatra, Indonesia	31	77	108
Kuchinoerabu-jima	Ryukyu Islands, Japan	21	85	106
Taal	Luzon, Philippines	29	63	92
Etna	Sicily, Italy	34	51	85
White Island	New Zealand	32	43	75
Pacaya	Guatemala	52	13	65
Kadovar	Northeast of New Guinea, Papua New Guinea	20	41	61
Lewotolo	Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia	11	47	58
Villarrica	Central Chile	29	27	56
Merapi	Central Java, Indonesia	29	24	53
Shishaldin	Aleutian Islands, Alaska	27	25	52
Santiaguito	Guatemala	29	19	48
Krakatau	Sunda Strait, Indonesia	17	31	48
Yasur	Tanna Island, Vanuatu	16	30	46
Kerinci	Sumatra, Indonesia	18	28	46
Rincón de la Vieja	Costa Rica	32	9	41
Bezymianny	Central Kamchatka Depression, Kamchatka	6	32	38
Telica	Nicaragua	14	23	37
Manam	Papua New Guinea	9	26	35
Piton de la Fournaise	La Réunion	27	3	30
Langila	New Britain, Papua New Guinea	7	19	26
Kilauea	Hawai'i	22	3	25
Copahue	Chile/Argentina	12	12	24
Reykjanes	Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland)	23	-	23
Maunaloa	Big Island, Hawai'i	22	-	22
Semisopochnoi	United States, Aleutian Islands	18	-	18
Stromboli	Eolian Islands, Italy	17	-	17
Novarupta	United States, Alaska Peninsula	-	17	17
Cleveland	Aleutian Islands, Alaska	11	6	17
Ruapehu	North Island, New Zealand	15	-	15
Turrialba	Costa Rica	14	-	14
Raung	East Java, Indonesia	9	3	12
Makushin	Aleutian Islands	10	-	10
Sangeang Api	Flores Sea, Indonesia	4	6	10
Mayon	Luzon Island, Philippines	10	-	10
Canlaon	Central Philippines, Philippines	9	-	9
Great Sitkin	United States, Aleutian Islands	9	-	9
Karangetang	Siau Island, Sangihe Islands, Indonesia	9	-	9
Bagana	Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea	4	5	9
Tungurahua	Ecuador	-	8	8
Soputan	North Sulawesi, Indonesia	4	2	6
Laguna del Maule	Central Chile	6	-	6
Kirishima	Kyushu, Japan	6	-	6
Pavlof	Alaska Peninsula, USA	6	-	6
Kikai	Ryukyu Islands, Japan	4	2	6
Barren Island	Indian Ocean	3	3	6
Fernandina	Galápagos Islands, Ecuador	5	-	5
San Miguel	El Salvador	5	-	5
Korovin	Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands	5	-	5
Ubinas	Peru	5	-	5
Planchón-Peteroa	Central Chile and Argentina, South America	-	5	5
Bardarbunga	Central Iceland	4	-	4
Irazu	Costa Rica	4	-	4
Veniaminof	Alaska Peninsula, USA	4	-	4
Erta Ale	Danakil depression, Ethiopia	4	-	4
Asama	Honshu, Japan	4	-	4
Bulusan	Luzon Island, Philippines	4	-	4
Soufrière St. Vincent	West Indies, St. Vincent	3	-	3
Cotopaxi	Ecuador	-	3	3
Poas	Costa Rica	3	-	3
Lanin	Central Chile and Argentina, South America	1	2	3
Kavachi	Solomon Islands	3	-	3
Grímsvötn	Iceland	3	-	3
Ijen	East Java, Indonesia	3	-	3
Huaynaputina	southern Peru	3	-	3
Lopevi	Vanuatu	3	-	3
Lonquimay	Central Chile and Argentina, South America	-	2	2
Campi Flegrei (Phlegrean Fields)	Italy	2	-	2
Kusatsu-Shirane	Honshu, Japan	2	-	2
Bromo	East Java, Indonesia	1	1	2
Antillanca	Central Chile and Argentina, South America	2	-	2
Ulawun	New Britain, Papua New Guinea	2	-	2
Cerro Hudson	Southern Chile and Argentina, South America	2	-	2
Michael	South Sandwich Islands, UK	2	-	2
Momotombo	Nicaragua	2	-	2
Slamet	Central Java, Indonesia	2	-	2
Katla	Southern Iceland	2	-	2
Katmai	Alaska Peninsula, USA	2	-	2
Gaua	Vanuatu	1	-	1
Azuma	Honshu, Japan	1	-	1
Machin	Colombia	1	-	1
El Misti	Peru	1	-	1
Suretamatai	Banks Islands, Vanuatu	1	-	1
Snaefellsjökull	Iceland	1	-	1
Helgrindur	Western Iceland	1	-	1
Westdahl	United States, Aleutian Islands	1	-	1
Agung	Bali, Indonesia	1	-	1
Kick 'em Jenny	West Indies, Grenada	1	-	1
Lokon-Empung	North Sulawesi, Indonesia	1	-	1
San Salvador	El Salvador	1	-	1
Aoba	Vanuatu	1	-	1
Ambrym	Vanuatu	1	-	1
La Palma	Canary Islands	1	-	1
Mayotte Island	France, Western Indian Ocean	1	-	1
Mauna Kea	United States, Hawaiian Islands	1	-	1
Pelée	West Indies, France	1	-	1
Loihi	United States, Hawaiian Islands	1	-	1
Heard	Australia, Southern Indian Ocean	1	-	1
Soufrière de Guadeloupe	West Indies, France	1	-	1
Gamalama	Halmahera, Indonesia	1	-	1
Yellowstone	Wyoming, USA	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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