The New Seven Wonders of the Natural World

The 7 Wonders of Natural of the World list

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Natural beauties

Find out which seven breathtaking natural landmarks have made it to the coveted wonders of the world list.

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Millions of people from around the globe have voted for the landmarks in nature they think should be in considered the New Seven Wonders of the Natural World. Voting closed last weekend, and the seven provisional winners have been announced.

The magnificent Iguazu falls in Argentina and Brazil are on the list - take a lot at the other six winners...

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Cape Town's most recognised landmark, Table Mountain

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South Korea's Jeju Island, which has the natural world heritage site Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes

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The Amazon in South America is a clear favourite. Pictured here is Lake Condor, located deep within the Amazon jungle, reflects the Peruvian sky.

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Ha Long Bay, Vietnam is a popular trip for tourists

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Komodo Island, Indonesia - the home of the komodo dragon

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Puerto Princesa Underground River in the Phillipines stretches 8 kilometres and is Unesco world heritage site

New seven wonders of the world revealed

New 7 Wonders of the World
New 7 Wonders of the World

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November 12, 2011, 9:51 am

Natural beauties

Over a million votes have decided the new seven wonders of the world, but just which marvels made the list?

The seven wonders of the world have been given a shakeup after a global poll named new entries into the prestigious list.

The Amazon rainforest, Vietnam's Halong Bay and Argentina's Iguazu Falls have made the list alongside South Korea's Jeju Island, Indonesia's Komodo, the Philippines' Puerto Princesa Underground River and South Africa's Table Mountain

Israel's Dead Sea and the Grand Canyon in the US were high profile entries to miss out on the provisional list.

The New7wonders foundation allowed anyone around the world to vote using telephone, text messaging or social networks on the internet.

The exclusive list has been four years in the making, with people initially allowed to nominate and vote on their favourite natural wonders around the world back in 2007.

There were 440 entries for that list, which was eventually pared down to a shortlist of 28 finalists.
More than a million votes were posted for the poll.

However, the results are not conclusive, the New7Wonders foundation said, with final results to be announced early next year

Amazonas The New7Wonders of Nature

 Peru celebrated The New7Wonders of Nature 

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The New7Wonders of Nature are…

By Eamonn Fitzgerald on November 11, 2011 in Amazon, Halong Bay, Iguazu Falls, Jeju Island, New7Wonders of Nature, New7Wonders of the World, Puerto Princesa Underground River, Table Mountain

 The first count of the global vote to elect the New7Wonders of Nature has been announced. In alphabetical order, they are: Amazon, Halong Bay, Iguazu Falls, Jeju Island, Komodo, Puerto Princesa Underground River, Table Mountain.

Announcing the results at the headquarters of the New7Wonders Foundation in Zurich, Switzerland, Bernard Weber, Founder-President of New7Wonders, said: “I would like to thank the many champions, citizens, voluntary organisations, public bodies and governments that have helped promote the New7Wonders of Nature campaign over the past four years, starting with over 440 locations from over 220 countries and all the way to the 28 Finalist candidates from whom the New7Wonders of Nature have been chosen.”

Bernard Weber

The results announced this evening are provisional and based on the first count of votes completed since voting ended at 11:11 GMT this morning. The results will now be checked, validated and independently verified. Once the voting validation process is completed, in early 2012, New7Wonders will then work with the confirmed winners to organise the Official Inauguration events. Note: It may happen that one or more of the provisional winners announced today will not be confirmed during the validation process, New7Wonders will issue a media update should this happen.
“We congratulate each of these participants on achieving their provisional New7Wonders of Nature status, and look forward to completing the confirmation process to celebrate each one in their own Official Inauguration ceremony early in 2012,” said Bernard Weber, adding, “When the New7Wonders of Nature are confirmed they will join the man-made New 7 Wonders of the World in becoming part of Global Memory for humankind for ever.”