The paper presents data describing volcanic activity in the Kuril Islands in 2016. The eruptions of Alaid (Atlasova Island), Ebeko, Chikurachki ( Paramushir Island), Chirinkotan (Chirinkotan Island) and Snow (Chirpoi Island) volcanoes are considered.

Data showing the activity of the volcanoes in the Kurilе Island Arc in the XXI century are given. The volcanic eruptions at the volcanoes Chikurachki, Chirinkotan, Ebeko, Sarychev Peak, Ekarma, Ivan Grozny, Alaid and Snow were considered. Increase of steam-gas activity was observed at the volcanoes Sinarka (Shiashkotan Isl.), Berg (Urup Isl.), Severgin Peak (Kharimkotan Isl.) and Kudryavy (Iturup Isl.). It is shown that the brief (from a few hours to several days) explosive eruptions of weak and moderate intensity (VEI = 0–3) prevailed. The most active were volcanoes Chikurachki (8 events) and Ebeko (4 events) (Paramushir Isl.). The strongest eruption during the reporting period was explosiveeffusive eruption of Sarychev Peak volcano in 2009; the longest were effusive eruptions of Snow Volcano (Chirpoi Isl.) in 2012–2016. The total volume of erupted material for the years 2000–2016 does not exceed 0.3–0.4 km3.

О короткой экспедиции по центральным Курильским островам, проведенной в рамках проекта Российского Научного Фонда (РНФ) «Геохимия и баланс летучих в зонах субдукции на примере Курильских островов».