From what point could you view the most countries?

Being from the Caribbean (Curaçao) and with a rough knowledge of the area's geography I figured one of our neighbors might come close to the 7 countries in Jørgen's answer. It's all small mountainous islands close to each other with only the flat sea in between. So I went exploring on HeyWhatsThat.

After trying few peaks, I found two locations. One with 6 visible countries and another one with 7. But unlike Jørgen's answer these are all fully recognized countries.

The first location with 7 visible countries is La Grande Soufrière, an active volcano on the island of Basse-Terre in Guadeloupe, France. The countries visible from here are:

1. France (Guadeloupe, Martinique)
2. Dominica
3. United Kingdom (Montserrat)
4. Antigua and Barbuda

And several peaks on:

5. Saint Kitts and Nevis
6. Netherlands (Saba, Sint Eustatius)
7. St. Lucia

The second location with 6 visible countries is Mount Scenery, a potentially active volcano on the island of Saba in the Netherlands. The countries visible from here are:

1. Netherlands (Saba, St. Eustatious, St. Maarten)
2. Saint Kitts and Nevis
3. France (Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Guadeloupe)
4. United Kingdom (Anguilla, Montserrat, British Virgin islands)

And several peaks on:

5. Antigua and Barbuda
6. United States of America (US Virgin islands)

Being in the Caribbean, the weather should be clear enough on most days to see long distances, depending on the time of the day.

Extra:

Depending on how you look at it, there could be 7 countries visible from Mount Scenery since the Dutch side of St. Maarten is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and thus not actually part of the Netherlands. Officially it's an EU Overseas Country or Territory (OCT) with a relationship similar to that of the Isle of Man with the UK and Greenland with Denmark.

HeyWhatsThat links: Mount Scenery, La Grande Soufrière

I think the solution to this puzzle depends on small, mountainous countries. Switzerland tourism claims that you can see 6 countries from Säntis: Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, France and Italy.

http://www.myswitzerland.com/en-us/saentis-schwaegalp2.html

I'll take a stab at answering this.

The near-quadripoint works, you can see four countries. I've been there myself:

http://babakfakhamzadeh.com/article/from-zambia-to-botswana-nearly-a-quadripoint

But, there are a few more candidates.

The Wakhan corridor (in Afghanistan, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakhan_Corridor) is so narrow (8 miles at its narrowest), that I presume there will be peaks from where you can see Afghanistan, China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.

The eastern edge of Kazakhstan and the western edge of Mongolia nearly meet, separated by a 30km gap where Russia and China border. The border here is fairly mountainous, so it's likely there will be multiple points along this corridor where you will be able to see four countries.

Technically, if you stand on the south pole, you can see land claimed by 6 or 7 countries: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_claims_in_Antarctica#mediaviewer/File:Antarctic_Region.png

There's a road that connects Igdir (in Turkey) to Nakchivan (in an Azeri exclave). The road goes through a Turkish corridor that, at times, is only some 2k wide. There, Iran is one side, Armenia on the other. Beyond a doubt, you'd be able to see four countries here, from multiple locations.

So, the question is, besides on the south pole, where can you see five countries from the ground?