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And the New Seven Wonders of Nature Are

And the New Seven Wonders of Nature Are

by The Mark Newsroom

First Posted: Nov 12 2011 09:00 AM
Updated: about 1 hour ago

Hint: There are no Fords on this list.

In case you stopped following this story after the Bay of Fundy failed to make the short list, the new seven wonders of nature have been selected in an online poll. Props to the Amazon rainforest, Halong Bay (Vietnam), Iguazu Falls (Argentina), Jeju Island (South Korea), Komodo (Indonesia), Puerto Princesa Underground River (Philippines) and Table Mountain (South Africa) for receiving the most votes. It seems the Dead Sea, the Grand Canyon, and Mount Kilimanjaro are passé, as they failed to make the final cut. The Swiss-based New7Wonders foundation, which ran the four-year project, is now working on determining the world’s top seven cities.

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