Abstract: The mine tailing pond is a huge environmental risk source with great potential danger. In order to realize remote sensing monitoring and analysis of the tailing ponds in Shandong Province, the authors carried out remote sensing interpretation of the tailing ponds by high resolution remote sensing images of the remote sensing satellite No.14 , No.24, No.5 and GF-2. The types, quantity, locations, size and using status of the existing tailing ponds in Shandong Province were found out. Until December 2015, there were 585 tailing ponds in Shandong Province, mostly iron and gold ore tailing ponds, and these tailing ponds were mainly located in the Jiaodong area(Yantai, Qingdao and Weihai). The field investigation and verification results show that the remote sensing investigation results were correct. The impacts of tailing ponds on environment were analyzed from land occupation and destruction, waste water pollution, dust pollution, potential geological hazards, etc. It is suggested that the relevant departments pay great attention and check the potential hazads of the tailing ponds in time.