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{{Short description|2007–2011 polled list of nature sites}}

[[File:Map of new7wonders of nature.png|thumb|300 px|A map indicating the location of the 28 finalists (red dots) and the 43 other candidates currently on the reserve list (black dots).]]
'''New 7 Wonders of Nature''' (2007–2011) was an initiative started in 2007 to create a list of seven natural wonders chosen by people through a global poll. It was the second in a series of Internet-based polls led by Swiss-born Canadian Bernard Weber<ref>{{cite web|url=http://world.new7wonders.com/about-n7w/the-founder|title=The project founder Bernard Weber - A Short History - World of New7Wonders|work=World of New7Wonders|access-date=2013-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606221328/http://world.new7wonders.com/about-n7w/the-founder/|archive-date=2014-06-06|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://about.new7wonders.com/the-project-founder-bernard-weber-a-short-history/|title=The project founder|website=About New7Wonders|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-08-26}}</ref> and organized by the New 7 Wonders Foundation,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://world.new7wonders.com/about-n7w/about-new7wonders|title=Learn about New 7 Wonders|work=World of New 7 Wonders}}</ref> a Swiss-based foundation which Weber founded. The initiative followed an earlier [[New 7 Wonders of the World]] campaign, and attracted 100 million votes from around the world before voting finished on November 11, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://world.new7wonders.com/new7wonders-of-nature/new7wonders-of-nature-voting-procedure|title=Voting procedure|work=World of New7Wonders|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130331012028/http://world.new7wonders.com/new7wonders-of-nature/new7wonders-of-nature-voting-procedure/|archivedate=2013-03-31}}</ref>

==Stages of the campaign==
[[File:Table Mountain, Cape Town (MP) 2018 052.jpg|thumb|right|Plaque at Table Mountain]]
The New 7 Wonders of Nature campaign started in 2007, immediately after the campaign to elect the man-made New 7 Wonders of the World, in which more than 100 million votes were cast. From over 440 participants representing over 220 countries and through a national qualification and race to become one of the Top 77, as well as the recommendations of the Panel of Experts led by Prof. Federico Mayor, the list of 28 "Official Finalist Candidates" was determined. Voting until November 2011, during which time the New 7 Wonders World Tour planned to visit each of the finalists to allow them to present themselves to the voters across the globe.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090710232714/http://www.new7wonders.com/nature/en/nominees/top77/ The top 77]</ref>

==Criticisms==
Indonesia's Vice-Minister for Tourism said the company running the New 7 Wonders campaign used underhanded tactics, threatening to remove Indonesia's [[Komodo National Park]] from the list if Indonesia refused to host a declaration ceremony for $35M.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/video/europe/2011/11/2011111165513200704.html|title=Controversy mars Seven Wonders of Nature list|work=aljazeera.com}}</ref>  Nothing in the New 7 Wonders voting procedure prohibited repetitive voting, making the results subject to government and tourism industry campaigns to vote often for local sites with the financial incentive of increased tourism.
Although New 7 Wonders is a non-profit organization that under US law has absolutely no disclosure of accounts, many activities related to administering voting and other logistical duties are run by the for-profit organization New Open World Corporation.

In South Korea, over the past four years, millions of Koreans and non-Koreans at home and abroad were encouraged by the central and Jeju provincial governments to make phone calls to vote and help the island win the designation. Employees of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province of South Korea made hundreds of millions of international phone calls to ensure Jeju island was selected as one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature in a worldwide poll. The payments estimated to be about 20 billion won ($17 [[United States dollar|million]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeju defers payment of phone bills for seven wonders |publisher=The Korea Times |date=December 14, 2011 |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2012/03/117_100815.html}}</ref>

==Winners==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Site(s)
! width=450px| Country/Countries
! Image
|-
| '''[[Amazon rainforest|Amazon Rainforest]] and [[Amazon River|River]]'''
|  {{flag|Brazil}}, {{flag|Bolivia}} {{flag|Colombia}}, {{flag|Ecuador}}, ''{{flag|French Guiana}}'' ([[France]]), {{flag|Guyana}}, {{flag|Peru}}, {{flag| Suriname}}, {{flag|Venezuela}}
| [[File:7 - Itahuania - Août 2008.JPG|100px]]
|-
| '''[[Hạ Long Bay]]'''
| {{flag|Vietnam}}
| [[File:Halong Bay in Vietnam.jpg|100px]]
|-
| '''[[Jeju Island]]'''
| {{flag|South Korea}}
| [[File:Jungmun Daepo Columnar Joints with waves crashing.jpg|100px]]
|-
| '''[[Iguazú Falls|Iguazú / Iguaçu Falls]]'''
|  {{flag|Argentina}}, {{flag|Brazil}},
| [[File:Iguazu Décembre 2007 - Panorama 4.jpg|100px]]
|-
| '''[[Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park]]'''
|  {{flag|Philippines}}
| [[File:Puerto Princesa Underground River.jpg|100px]]
|-
| '''[[Komodo Island]]''' ([[Komodo National Park|National Park]])
| {{flag|Indonesia }}
| [[File:KomodoDragonRinca1.jpg|100px]]
|-
| '''[[Table Mountain]]''' ([[Table Mountain National Park|National Park]])
| {{flag|South Africa}}
| [[File:View from Signal Hill.jpg|100px]]
|}

==Finalists==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Site
! width=300px| Country
! Image
|-
| '''[[Bu Tinah Shoals]]'''
| {{flag|United Arab Emirates}}
| [[File:Aerial-View-of-Bu-Tinah-Island.jpg|100px]]
|-
| '''[[Dead Sea]]'''
|  {{flag|Jordan}} {{flag|Palestine}}
| [[File:Dead Sea by David Shankbone.jpg|100px]]
|-
| '''[[Great Barrier Reef]]'''
| {{flag|Australia}}
| [[File:Part of Great Barrier Reef from Helecopter.JPG|100px]]
|-
| '''[[Jeita Grotto]]'''
| {{flag|Lebanon}}
| [[File:Upper Jeita Grotto.jpg|100px]]
|-
| '''[[Kilimanjaro]]''' ([[Kilimanjaro National Park|National Park]])
| {{flag|Tanzania}}
| [[File:Mount Kilimanjaro.jpg|100px]]
|-
| '''[[Masurian Lake District]]'''
| {{flag|Poland}}
| [[File:Mikolajki jezioro mikolajskie.jpg|100px]]
|-
| '''[[Sundarbans]]'''
| {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| [[File:Sundarbans 02.jpg|100px]]
|-
| '''[[Maldives]]'''
| {{flag|Maldives}}
| [[File:405-Maldives.jpg|100px]]
|-
| '''[[Angel Falls]]'''
| {{flag|Venezuela}}
| [[File:Salto Angel from Raton.JPG|100px]]
|-
| '''[[Bay of Fundy]]''' ([[Fundy National Park|National Park]])
| {{flag|Canada}}
| [[File:BayofFundy.JPG|100px]]
|-
| '''[[Black Forest]]'''
| {{flag|Germany}}
| [[File:Baden-Baden 10-2015 img07 View from Merkur.jpg|100px]]
|-
| '''[[Cliffs of Moher]]'''
| {{flag|Ireland}}
| [[File:Cliffs of Moher, looking north.jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[El Yunque National Forest|'''El Yunque''']]
| {{flag|Puerto Rico}}
| [[File:Pico El Yunque.jpg|100px]]
|-
| '''[[Galapagos Islands]]''' ([[Galápagos National Park|National Park]])
| {{flag|Ecuador}}
| [[File:Galapagos iguana1.jpg|100px]]
|-
| '''[[Grand Canyon]]''' ([[Grand Canyon National Park|National Park]])
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[File:Grand Canyon NP-Arizona-USA.jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Matterhorn|'''Matterhorn / Cervino''']]
| {{flag|Italy}}, {{flag|Switzerland}}
| [[File:Matterhorn-EastAndNorthside-viewedFromZermatt landscapeformat-2.jpg|100px]]
|-
| '''[[Milford Sound]]'''
| {{flag|New Zealand}}
| [[File:Milford Sound at Sunset.jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape#Mud volcanoes|'''Mud Volcanoes''']]
| {{flag|Azerbaijan}}
| [[File:Gobustan State Reserve 05.png|100px]]
|-
| '''[[Uluru]]''' ([[Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park|National Park]])
| {{flag|Australia}}
| [[File:Uluru sunset1141.jpg|100px]]
|-
| '''[[Vesuvius]]''' ([[Vesuvius National Park|National Park]])
| {{flag|Italy}}
| [[File:Naples from the Castello Sant Elmo with Abbazia San Martino the port and the Vesuv.jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Yushan (mountain)|'''Yushan''']] ([[Yushan National Park|National Park]])
| {{flag|Taiwan}}
| [[File:Mount Yu Shan - Taiwan.jpg|100px]]
|}

== Top 77 ==
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!Site
!Country
|-
|'''[[Al-Ahsa Oasis|Al-hasa Oasis]]'''
|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|-
|'''[[Askania-Nova]]'''
|{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|-
|'''[[Atacama Desert]]'''
|{{Flag|Chile}}
|-
|'''[[Azure Window]]'''
|{{Flag|Malta}}
|-
|'''[[Belogradchik Rocks]]'''
|{{Flag|Bulgaria}}
|-
|'''[[Białowieża Forest|Bialowieza Forest]]'''
|{{Flag|Belarus}}/ {{Flag|Poland}}
|-
|'''[[Chicamocha Canyon]]'''
|{{Flag|Colombia}}
|-
|'''[[Christmas Island]]'''
|{{Flag|Christmas Island}}
|-
|'''[[Coatepeque Caldera|Coatepeque Lake]]'''
|{{Flag|El Salvador}}
|-
|'''[[Cocos Island]]'''
|{{Flag|Costa Rica}}
|-
|'''[[Colca Canyon]]'''
|{{Flag|Peru}}
|-
|'''[[Natural Pool (Aruba)|Conchi]]'''
|{{Flag|Aruba}}
|-
|'''[[Cox's Bazar Beach|Cox's Bazar]]'''
|{{Flag|Bangladesh}}
|-
|'''[[Dean's Blue Hole]]'''
|{{Flag|Bahamas}}
|-
|'''[[Đavolja Varoš|Djavolja Varos]]'''
|{{Flag|Serbia}}
|-
|'''[[Douro|Douro River]]'''
|{{Flag|Portugal}}
|-
|'''[[Eisriesenwelt]]'''
|{{Flag|Austria}}
|-
|'''[[Fernando de Noronha]]'''
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|-
|'''[[Han-sur-Lesse|Han-Sur-Lesse]]'''
|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|-
|'''[[Kaieteur Falls]]'''
|{{Flag|Guyana}}
|-
|'''[[Kaziranga National Park]]'''
|{{Flag|India}}
|-
|'''[[Laguna Colorada]]'''
|{{Flag|Bolivia}}
|-
|'''[[Lake Atitlán|Lake Atitlan]]'''
|{{Flag|Guatemala}}
|-
|'''[[Lake Bled]]'''
|{{Flag|Slovenia}}
|-
|'''[[Lake Ohrid]]'''
|{{Flag|Albania}}/ {{Flag|Macedonia}} ([[North Macedonia]])
|-
|'''[[Lake Saiful Muluk|Lake Saiful Maluk]]'''
|{{Flag|Pakistan}}
|-
|'''[[Saimaa|Lake Saimaa]]'''
|{{Flag|Finland}}
|-
|'''[[Lake Titicaca]]'''
|{{Flag|Bolivia}}/ {{Flag|Peru}}
|-
|'''[[Mount Olympus]]'''
|{{Flag|Greece}}
|-
|'''[[Norfolk Island]]''' ([[Norfolk Island National Park|National Park]])
|{{Flag|Norfolk Island}}
|-
|'''[[Ometepe|Ometepe Island]]'''
|{{Flag|Nicaragua}}
|-
|'''[[Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve|Platano Forest]]'''
|{{Flag|Honduras}}
|-
|'''[[Pravčická brána|Pravcice Gate]]'''
|{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|-
|'''[[Retezat Mountains|Retezat]]''' ([[Retezat National Park|National Park]])
|{{Flag|Romania}}
|-
|'''[[Petra tou Romiou|Rock of Aphrodite]]'''
|{{Flag|Cyprus}}
|-
|'''[[Sinharaja Forest Reserve|Sinharaja Rainforest]]'''
|{{Flag|Sri Lanka}}
|-
|'''[[Sipadan|Sipadan Island]]'''
|{{Flag|Malaysia}}
|-
|'''[[Sossusvlei]]'''
|{{Flag|Namibia}}
|-
|'''[[Štrbské Pleso|Štrbské Pleso Lake]]'''
|{{Flag|Slovakia}}
|-
|'''[[Sumidero Canyon]]'''
|{{Flag|Mexico}}
|-
|'''[[Thy National Park]]'''
|{{Flag|Denmark}}
|-
|'''[[Vrelo Caves]] in [[Matka Canyon]]'''
|{{Flag|Macedonia}} ([[North Macedonia]])
|-
|'''[[Wadi Rum]]'''
|{{Flag|Jordan}}
|}
{{resize|90%|Note. The list contains those eligible who were considered by the experts, the 77 main nominees, minus the 28 finalists, minus the 6 of those who were not eligible due to the rules of participation, that is 43.}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Top77: New7Wonders of Nature|url=https://nature.new7wonders.com/top77-new7wonders-of-nature/|access-date=2021-09-28|website=New7Wonders of Nature|language=en-GB}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[New 7 Wonders Cities]]
*[[New 7 Wonders of the World]]
*[[Wonders of the World]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website|https://nature.new7wonders.com/}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080912060651/http://watch.ctv.ca/news/canada-am/travel/#clip84851 TV segment on ''Canada AM'' where travel expert Loren Christie explains the voting procedure]

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