Hi David - I think a bunch of this question comes down to: What do you count as a "volcano." Using some definitions, a volcano is any place on the Earth where magma has made it to the surface. This means that some people might count all of the cones in a monogenetic volcanic field as individual volcanoes, and then it would be really tricky to determine where to stand to see the "most" as volcanic fields can have many cones. If we look at more conventional counting, saying things like "Mt. Spurr, including Crater Peak, is one volcano", it gets easier to work on. However, I don't have the answer to this worked out for Alaska. Our volcanoes are remote, and often shrouded in bad weather. If there is a place in Alaska where one could see more than 9 volcanoes at a time, I would guess it might be somewhere on Unimak Island, http://www.avo.alaska.edu/images/image.php?id=10005 - there are 2 additional volcanoes on Unimak not shown on this figure (Trader Mtn and Unimak 5217), and Morzhovoi and Frosty lie just to the east. However, I haven't done a viewshed analysis to know there is any possible vantage point to see all of them. I also can't recommend standing on the summit of Shishaldin! (examples: https://www.avo.alaska.edu/images/image.php?id=117531 and https://www.avo.alaska.edu/images/image.php?id=66771 ) Thank you, Cheryl -------- David Williams wrote: To whom it may concern: I have sort of an odd question. I was wondering where in Alaska one could stand and see the most volcanoes. The reason I ask is that I was wondering where in the United States one could see the most volcanoes from a single spot. I know that from Mount Rainier one can see seven and maybe eight. It seems that there should be places in Alaska where one could see more. Any help would be appreciated. Sincerely, David Williams -- Cheryl Cameron Geologist, Alaska Volcano Observatory Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys voice: 907-451-5012 fax: 907-451-5050