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Map of active volcanoes with reports (news or ash advisories) in Aug 2021

Volcano	Region	News	VAAC	Total
Suwanose-jima	Ryukyu Islands, Japan	7	133	140
Sabancaya	Peru	1	132	133
Reventador	Ecuador	3	130	133
Shiveluch	Kamchatka	8	119	127
Semisopochnoi	United States, Aleutian Islands	7	104	111
Fuego	Guatemala	3	104	107
Karymsky	Kamchatka	6	82	88
Nevados de Chillán	Central Chile	1	68	69
Nevado del Ruiz	Colombia	1	59	60
Sangay	Ecuador	1	46	47
Popocatépetl	Central Mexico	2	40	42
Merapi	Central Java, Indonesia	6	33	39
Chirinkotan	Northern Kuriles, Russia	6	33	39
Fukutoku-Okanoba	Volcano Islands, Japan	8	21	29
Etna	Sicily, Italy	7	21	28
Ibu	Halmahera, Indonesia	2	23	25
Lewotolo	Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia	5	17	22
Semeru	East Java, Indonesia	3	13	16
Dukono	Halmahera, Indonesia	2	13	15
Ebeko	Paramushir Island, Kuril Islands	6	9	15
Pavlof	Alaska Peninsula, USA	6	7	13
Kadovar	Northeast of New Guinea, Papua New Guinea	2	10	12
Nishino-shima	Volcano Islands, Japan	3	8	11
Aniakchak	United States, Alaska Peninsula	1	8	9
Copahue	Chile/Argentina	2	6	8
Fagradalsfjall	Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland	7	-	7
Great Sitkin	United States, Aleutian Islands	7	-	7
Rincón de la Vieja	Costa Rica	2	4	6
Santiaguito	Guatemala	2	4	6
Novarupta	United States, Alaska Peninsula	-	6	6
Pacaya	Guatemala	4	2	6
Langila	New Britain, Papua New Guinea	1	4	5
Kilauea	Hawai'i	5	-	5
Atka	United States, Aleutian Islands	5	-	5
White Island	New Zealand	4	-	4
Krísuvík	Southwestern Iceland	3	-	3
Stromboli	Eolian Islands, Italy	3	-	3
Ulawun	New Britain, Papua New Guinea	-	2	2
Taal	Luzon, Philippines	2	-	2
Nyiragongo	DRCongo	2	-	2
Bromo	East Java, Indonesia	2	-	2
Sinabung	Sumatra, Indonesia	2	-	2
Pagan	Mariana Islands	1	-	1
Raung	East Java, Indonesia	1	-	1
Villarrica	Central Chile	1	-	1
Asama	Honshu, Japan	1	-	1
Krakatau	Sunda Strait, Indonesia	1	-	1
Katmai	Alaska Peninsula, USA	1	-	1
Sakurajima	Kyushu, Japan	1	-	1
Dieng	Central Java, Indonesia	1	-	1
Yasur	Tanna Island, Vanuatu	1	-	1
Sarychev Peak	Central Kuriles, Kuril Islands	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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