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Information about risk, safety aspects, accidents and number of deaths (in brackets) Mt Damavand – hiking, mountain climbing, ice climbing, fumaroles, hot springs at summit, Dangerous volcanoes include: Semeru (744 deaths over the last 45 years), Merapi (1426 deaths in the last 80 years), Kelut (5100 died in 1919), Agung (1100 died in 1990), plus many others! 2004 – two tourists died and five were injured More than a dozen volcanoes at alert level 1 with a few at alert level 2 (4 at the time of writing) Some signs, guides mostly without educ

Attractions and activities Geothermal features, hot springs The Andaman Islands are a closed military area climbing trails, shelter huts, guided tours from Teheran Indonesia is known for the eruption of Krakatau in 1883 (VEI6) causing the death of 36,417 people (official figure) as well as for the Tambora eruption 1815 (VEI 7) which killed between 71,000 and 117,000 people – figures vary Cultural world heritage sites close to active volcanoes (Borobodur Temple and Mt Merapi) hot springs, jeep tours, horse riding, endangered vegetation, u

Protected area type* - NP GP NP WHA QNP PP NP GGP

Status (last active) 2009–ongoing 2003 1900 Ancient lava flows 1993 Active fumaroles Holocene Holocene 1963 2008 2009 2007 1883, 2007 2009–ongoing 1815, 1967 2005 1708 2009–ongoing 1996 2001 2009 867 1989 1989

Number of volcanoes (examples) Andaman Islands: Barren Island 305m stratovolcano Barren 1 mud volcano Narcondum 710m stratovolcano Deccan Traps Taftan 4050m stratovolcano Bazman 3490m stratovolcano Damavand 5670m stratovolcano Qal’eh Hasan Ali Volcano maars Agung 3142m stratovolcano Kelut 1731m stratovolcano Semeru 3676m stratovolcano Bromo 2329m stratovolcano Merapi 2911m stratovolcano Krakatau 813m caldera Tambora 2850m stratovolcano Toba 2157m caldera Mt Aso 1592m caldera Mt Fuji 3776m stratovolcano Mt Sakurajima 1117m stratovolcano Mt

Country or region India 5 volcanoes Iran 6 volcanoes Indonesia 150 volcanoes 28 eruptions during last decade 76 historically active Japan 105 volcanoes

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