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==Candidates for the Eighth Wonder of the World== |
==Candidates for the Eighth Wonder of the World== |
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[[File:Canyon_River_Tree_(165872763).jpeg|thumb|right|The [[Colorado River]] flowing through the [[Grand Canyon]] in [[Arizona]]]] |
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[[File:Two_swaggers_boiling_a_billy_of_tea,_Milford_Sound_by_John_Gibb.jpg|thumb|right|1866 painting of [[Milford Sound]] by [[John Gibb (painter)|John Gibb]]]] |
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===Natural places=== |
===Natural places=== |
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* [[Burney Falls]] in California, United States; called so by [[Theodore Roosevelt]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burney-falls.com/|title=Welcome to Burney Falls!|website=Burney-falls.com|access-date=4 November 2014}}</ref> |
* [[Burney Falls]] in California, United States; called so by [[Theodore Roosevelt]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burney-falls.com/|title=Welcome to Burney Falls!|website=Burney-falls.com|access-date=4 November 2014}}</ref> |
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* [[Giant's Causeway]] in County Antrim, Northern Ireland{{citation needed|date=October 2015}} |
* [[Giant's Causeway]] in County Antrim, Northern Ireland{{citation needed|date=October 2015}} |
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* [[Gros Morne National Park]] in Newfoundland, Canada<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heritage.nf.ca/environment/geology.html |title=Geological Landscape: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage |website=Heritage.nf.ca |access-date=18 January 2013}}</ref> |
* [[Gros Morne National Park]] in Newfoundland, Canada<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heritage.nf.ca/environment/geology.html |title=Geological Landscape: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage |website=Heritage.nf.ca |access-date=18 January 2013}}</ref> |
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* [[Grand Canyon]] in [[Arizona]], [[United States]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/29243/11-things-billed-8th-wonder-world |title=11 Things Billed as the 8th Wonder of the World |last= Arminio|first=Mark |date=12 November 2011 |website= [[Mental Floss]]|access-date=2024-05-08}}</ref> |
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* [[Milford Sound]] in New Zealand; called so by [[Rudyard Kipling]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/galleries/travelnewzealand/ |date=19 June 2006 |work=National Geographic |title=Travel New Zealand |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619091040/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/galleries/travelnewzealand/ |archive-date=19 June 2006}}</ref> |
* [[Milford Sound]] in New Zealand; called so by [[Rudyard Kipling]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/galleries/travelnewzealand/ |date=19 June 2006 |work=National Geographic |title=Travel New Zealand |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619091040/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/galleries/travelnewzealand/ |archive-date=19 June 2006}}</ref> |
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* [[Natural Tunnel State Park|Natural Tunnel]], [[Virginia]], United States, so dubbed by [[William Jennings Bryan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state_parks/nat.shtml |title=Natural Tunnel State Park |website=Dcr.virginia.gov |date=December 2012|access-date=18 January 2013}}</ref> |
* [[Natural Tunnel State Park|Natural Tunnel]], [[Virginia]], United States, so dubbed by [[William Jennings Bryan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state_parks/nat.shtml |title=Natural Tunnel State Park |website=Dcr.virginia.gov |date=December 2012|access-date=18 January 2013}}</ref> |
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* [[Niagara Falls]], between the province of Ontario, Canada and the state of New York, United States.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Niagara Mill-Seat|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1853/02/10/archives/the-niagara-millseat.html|access-date=31 January 2018|work=New York Times|date=10 February 1853|page=4}}</ref> |
* [[Niagara Falls]], between the province of Ontario, Canada and the state of New York, United States.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Niagara Mill-Seat|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1853/02/10/archives/the-niagara-millseat.html|access-date=31 January 2018|work=New York Times|date=10 February 1853|page=4}}</ref> |
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* [[Pink and White Terraces]] in New Zealand, prior to them being encrusted in 40 meters of rock during the [[1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10703655|title=Remains of Pink Terraces discovered|work=The New Zealand Herald|access-date=4 November 2014}}</ref> |
* [[Pink and White Terraces]] in New Zealand, prior to them being encrusted in 40 meters of rock during the [[1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10703655|title=Remains of Pink Terraces discovered|work=The New Zealand Herald|access-date=4 November 2014}}</ref> |
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* [[Plitvice Lakes National Park]] in Croatia, with a stunning series of [[tufa]] lakes that are connected by beautiful waterfalls, along with very deep caves.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gourmetroaming.com/plitvice-lakes-croatia|title=A NEW WONDER OF THE WORLD? PLITVICE LAKES: CROATIA|date=10 October 2017 |access-date=10 October 2017}}</ref> |
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* [[Torres del Paine National Park]], Chile.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.virtualtourist.com/8thwonder|title=8th Wonder of the World |access-date=1 November 2013 |date=1 November 2013 |website=www.virtualtourist.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.advfn.com/news_Chiles-Torres-del-Paine-National-Park-Selected-as_59836588.html |title=Chile's Torres del Paine National Park Selected as 8th Wonder of the World by VirtualTourist Voters |access-date=1 November 2013 |date=1 November 2013 |website=www.advfn.com}}</ref> |
* [[Torres del Paine National Park]], Chile.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.virtualtourist.com/8thwonder|title=8th Wonder of the World |access-date=1 November 2013 |date=1 November 2013 |website=www.virtualtourist.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.advfn.com/news_Chiles-Torres-del-Paine-National-Park-Selected-as_59836588.html |title=Chile's Torres del Paine National Park Selected as 8th Wonder of the World by VirtualTourist Voters |access-date=1 November 2013 |date=1 November 2013 |website=www.advfn.com}}</ref> |
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* The great [[wildebeest]] migration in the [[Maasai Mara]], Kenya and Serengeti, Tanzania<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iserengeti.com/wildebeest-great-migration.html |title=The Great Wildebeest Migration, Serengeti and Masai Mara |website=Iserengeti.com |access-date=18 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106210427/http://www.iserengeti.com/wildebeest-great-migration.html |archive-date=6 January 2013}}</ref> |
* The great [[wildebeest]] migration in the [[Maasai Mara]], Kenya and Serengeti, Tanzania<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iserengeti.com/wildebeest-great-migration.html |title=The Great Wildebeest Migration, Serengeti and Masai Mara |website=Iserengeti.com |access-date=18 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106210427/http://www.iserengeti.com/wildebeest-great-migration.html |archive-date=6 January 2013}}</ref> |
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* [[Machu Picchu]], Peru<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/getaways/052198/dest21.html|title=World still wonders about the origins of Machu Picchu|author=Lollar, Michael Lollar|website=[[The Commercial Appeal]]|date=21 May 1998}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> |
* [[Machu Picchu]], Peru<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/getaways/052198/dest21.html|title=World still wonders about the origins of Machu Picchu|author=Lollar, Michael Lollar|website=[[The Commercial Appeal]]|date=21 May 1998}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> |
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* The [[moai]] statues of Easter Island, Chile<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.impactlab.com/2007/07/12/the-eight-wonder-of-the-world-easter-island|title=Easter Island - Eighth Wonder of the World|website=Impactlab.com|date=13 July 2007|access-date=4 November 2014}}</ref> |
* The [[moai]] statues of Easter Island, Chile<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.impactlab.com/2007/07/12/the-eight-wonder-of-the-world-easter-island|title=Easter Island - Eighth Wonder of the World|website=Impactlab.com|date=13 July 2007|access-date=4 November 2014}}</ref> |
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* [[Newgrange]], Ireland<ref>{{Cite web |title=Newgrange - one of the seven wonders of the world |url=https://www.newgrange.com/stonelight13.htm |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=www.newgrange.com}}</ref> |
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* The [[Obelisk of Axum]], Ethiopia<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/africaandindianocean/ethiopia/725695/Ethiopia-The-eighth-wonder-of-the-world.html |title=Ethiopia: The eighth wonder of the world |work=Telegraph |date=7 December 2002 |access-date=5 March 2010}}</ref> |
* The [[Obelisk of Axum]], Ethiopia<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/africaandindianocean/ethiopia/725695/Ethiopia-The-eighth-wonder-of-the-world.html |title=Ethiopia: The eighth wonder of the world |work=Telegraph |date=7 December 2002 |access-date=5 March 2010}}</ref> |
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* The [[Polhem dry dock]], Karlskrona, Sweden<ref>http://www.vhfk.se/polhemsdockan/ "Polhemsdockan kallas ibland världens åttonde underverk"</ref> |
* The [[Polhem dry dock]], Karlskrona, Sweden<ref>http://www.vhfk.se/polhemsdockan/ "Polhemsdockan kallas ibland världens åttonde underverk"</ref> |
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* [[Sigiriya]], Sri Lanka<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030810/spectrum/travel.htm |title=Pearl of the Indian Ocean|author=Singh, Priyanka |location=Chandigarh|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|date= 10 August 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/01/01/fea15.html|title=Tourist miracles of Sri Lanka|author=Moin-ul-Haq|work=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)|Daily News]]|location=Sri Lanka|date=1 January 2004|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061008192253/http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/01/01/fea15.html|archive-date=8 October 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/aug152004/sh4.asp|title=Breathtaking castle in the sky|author=Belliappa, C.P.|work=[[Deccan Herald]]|date=15 August 2004|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060524125745/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/aug152004/sh4.asp|archive-date=24 May 2006}}</ref> |
* [[Sigiriya]], Sri Lanka<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030810/spectrum/travel.htm |title=Pearl of the Indian Ocean|author=Singh, Priyanka |location=Chandigarh|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|date= 10 August 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/01/01/fea15.html|title=Tourist miracles of Sri Lanka|author=Moin-ul-Haq|work=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)|Daily News]]|location=Sri Lanka|date=1 January 2004|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061008192253/http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/01/01/fea15.html|archive-date=8 October 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/aug152004/sh4.asp|title=Breathtaking castle in the sky|author=Belliappa, C.P.|work=[[Deccan Herald]]|date=15 August 2004|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060524125745/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/aug152004/sh4.asp|archive-date=24 May 2006}}</ref> |
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* [[Statue of Liberty]] (''Liberty Enlightening the World''), New York Harbor, United States<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/search/query?frow=0&n=10&srcht=s&daterange=period&query=%22Statue+of+Liberty%22+%22wonder+of+the+world%22&srchst=p&hdlquery=&bylquery=&mon1=09&day1=18&year1=1851&mon2=12&day2=31&year2=1980&submit.x=14&submit.y=13 |title= Archive Search for 'Statue of Liberty wonder of the world' |work=New York Times |access-date=5 March 2010}}</ref> |
* [[Statue of Liberty]] (''Liberty Enlightening the World''), New York Harbor, United States<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/search/query?frow=0&n=10&srcht=s&daterange=period&query=%22Statue+of+Liberty%22+%22wonder+of+the+world%22&srchst=p&hdlquery=&bylquery=&mon1=09&day1=18&year1=1851&mon2=12&day2=31&year2=1980&submit.x=14&submit.y=13 |title= Archive Search for 'Statue of Liberty wonder of the world' |work=New York Times |access-date=5 March 2010}}</ref> |
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* [[Stonehenge]], England<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.toluna.com/polls/15449/The_Eighth_Wonder_of_the_World%3F |title=The Eighth Wonder of the World? | Toluna |website=Uk.toluna.com |access-date=5 March 2010}}</ref> |
* [[Stonehenge]], England<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.toluna.com/polls/15449/The_Eighth_Wonder_of_the_World%3F |title=The Eighth Wonder of the World? | Toluna |website=Uk.toluna.com |access-date=5 March 2010 |archive-date=21 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321071700/http://uk.toluna.com/polls/15449/The_Eighth_Wonder_of_the_World |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* The [[Taj Mahal]], India<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tajmahaltourism.com/about-tajmahal/index.html |date=1 December 2007 |website=Taj Majal Tourism |title=Index |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071201131515/http://www.tajmahaltourism.com/about-tajmahal/index.html |archive-date=1 December 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soygrowers.com/library/india/images4.htm |date=25 October 2007 |website=soygrowers.com |title=Images 4 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025041057/http://www.soygrowers.com/library/india/images4.htm |archive-date=25 October 2007}}</ref> |
* The [[Taj Mahal]], India<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tajmahaltourism.com/about-tajmahal/index.html |date=1 December 2007 |website=Taj Majal Tourism |title=Index |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071201131515/http://www.tajmahaltourism.com/about-tajmahal/index.html |archive-date=1 December 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soygrowers.com/library/india/images4.htm |date=25 October 2007 |website=soygrowers.com |title=Images 4 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025041057/http://www.soygrowers.com/library/india/images4.htm |archive-date=25 October 2007}}</ref> |
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* [[Chapel of the Rosario, Puebla|Chapel of the Rosario]], Puebla City, Mexico<ref>{{cite book|last1=Philadelphia Museum of Art|title=Bulletin - Philadelphia Museum of Art|date=1908|publisher=Philadelphia Museum of Art|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zKI7AQAAMAAJ&q=Capilla+del+Rosario+Puebla+eighth+wonder+of+the+world&pg=PA39|access-date=9 February 2017|language=en}}</ref> |
* [[Chapel of the Rosario, Puebla|Chapel of the Rosario]], Puebla City, Mexico<ref>{{cite book|last1=Philadelphia Museum of Art|title=Bulletin - Philadelphia Museum of Art|date=1908|publisher=Philadelphia Museum of Art|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zKI7AQAAMAAJ&q=Capilla+del+Rosario+Puebla+eighth+wonder+of+the+world&pg=PA39|access-date=9 February 2017|language=en}}</ref> |
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* The [[Terracotta Army]], China<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dreamxian.com/tour-xian-2/introduction-of-terracotta-army-the-eighth-wonder-of-the-world.html |website=dreamxian.com |title=Introduction of the Terracotta Army, the Eighth Wonder of the World |date=6 September 2012 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906041521/http://www.dreamxian.com/tour-xian-2/introduction-of-terracotta-army-the-eighth-wonder-of-the-world.html |archive-date=6 September 2012}}</ref> |
* The [[Terracotta Army]], China<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dreamxian.com/tour-xian-2/introduction-of-terracotta-army-the-eighth-wonder-of-the-world.html |website=dreamxian.com |title=Introduction of the Terracotta Army, the Eighth Wonder of the World |date=6 September 2012 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906041521/http://www.dreamxian.com/tour-xian-2/introduction-of-terracotta-army-the-eighth-wonder-of-the-world.html |archive-date=6 September 2012}}</ref> |
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* The original rail-only [[Victoria Bridge (Montreal)]], Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfb.ca/film/victoria_bridge_the_8th_wonder |title=''Victoria Bridge: The 8th Wonder'' |
* The original rail-only [[Victoria Bridge (Montreal)]], Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfb.ca/film/victoria_bridge_the_8th_wonder |title=''Victoria Bridge: The 8th Wonder'' – a National Film Board of Canada short|website=nfb.ca}}</ref> |
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*[[Thames Tunnel]], London, United Kingdom |
* [[Thames Tunnel]], London, United Kingdom<ref>{{Cite web|title=What was Proclaimed the 'Eighth Wonder of the World' on Completion in 1843, but 'An Entire Failure' Just a Decade Later? {{!}} Historic England|url=http://historicengland.org.uk/listing/what-is-designation/heritage-highlights/eighth-wonder-of-the-world/|access-date=2021-02-02|website=historicengland.org.uk|language=en}}</ref> |
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===Post-1900 creations=== |
===Post-1900 creations=== |
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[[File:Hoover Dam HDR.jpg|thumb|[[Hoover Dam]], [[Nevada]], [[United States]]]] |
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* [[Aswan Dam]] in Egypt, called as such by [[Nikita Khrushchev]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Walz|first1=Jay|title=Khrushchev and Nasser Join In Diverting the Nile at Aswan|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/05/15/khrushchev-and-nasser-join-in-diverting-the-nile-at-a-swan.html|access-date=31 January 2018|work=New York Times|date=15 May 1964|page=1}}</ref> |
* [[Aswan Dam]] in Egypt, called as such by [[Nikita Khrushchev]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Walz|first1=Jay|title=Khrushchev and Nasser Join In Diverting the Nile at Aswan|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/05/15/khrushchev-and-nasser-join-in-diverting-the-nile-at-a-swan.html|access-date=31 January 2018|work=New York Times|date=15 May 1964|page=1}}</ref> |
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* [[Terraces (Bahá'í)|Bahá'í terraces]], on Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/MFA/Israel%20beyond%20the%20conflict/The%20Eighth%20Wonder%20of%20the%20World%20-%20In%20Haifa|date= July 2001 |title= The 'Eighth Wonder of the World' – in Haifa |website=Israel-mfa.gov.il |access-date=18 January 2013}}</ref> |
* [[Terraces (Bahá'í)|Bahá'í terraces]], on Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/MFA/Israel%20beyond%20the%20conflict/The%20Eighth%20Wonder%20of%20the%20World%20-%20In%20Haifa|date= July 2001 |title= The 'Eighth Wonder of the World' – in Haifa |website=Israel-mfa.gov.il |access-date=18 January 2013}}</ref> |
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* [[Delta Works]], the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] provinces of [[Zeeland]] and [[South Holland]], the Netherlands. The Delta Works has been called one of the [[Seven Wonders of the Modern World]] by ''[[Quest (Dutch magazine)|Quest]]'' magazine and the [[American Society of Civil Engineers]], and the "Eighth Wonder of the World" by several other sources.<ref>{{cite news | title=Deltawerken | date |
* [[Delta Works]], the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] provinces of [[Zeeland]] and [[South Holland]], the Netherlands. The Delta Works has been called one of the [[Seven Wonders of the Modern World]] by ''[[Quest (Dutch magazine)|Quest]]'' magazine and the [[American Society of Civil Engineers]], and the "Eighth Wonder of the World" by several other sources.<ref>{{cite news | title=Deltawerken | date=26 March 2011 | url=http://www.vvvzeeland.nl/en/about-zeeland/delta-works | work=VVVZeeland | access-date=20 November 2011 | archive-date=27 February 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227081922/http://www.vvvzeeland.nl/en/about-zeeland/delta-works | url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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[[File:Sydney opera house side view.jpg|thumb|[[Sydney Opera House]], [[Sydney]], Australia]] |
[[File:Sydney opera house side view.jpg|thumb|[[Sydney Opera House]], [[Sydney]], Australia]] |
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* [[Empire State Building]], New York City, United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esbnyc.com/kids/index.cfm |title=Empire State Building official site |website=Esbnyc.com |access-date=18 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629064031/http://www.esbnyc.com/kids/index.cfm |archive-date=29 June 2013}}</ref><ref>[http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/ripples/feature_skaroff.html "Does Extra Security Make it Safe?"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060110013403/http://www.journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/ripples/feature_skaroff.html |date=10 January 2006}} |
* [[Empire State Building]], New York City, United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esbnyc.com/kids/index.cfm |title=Empire State Building official site |website=Esbnyc.com |access-date=18 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629064031/http://www.esbnyc.com/kids/index.cfm |archive-date=29 June 2013}}</ref><ref>[http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/ripples/feature_skaroff.html "Does Extra Security Make it Safe?"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060110013403/http://www.journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/ripples/feature_skaroff.html |date=10 January 2006}} |
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* [[Great Manmade River]] in Libya; given the title by Muammar Gaddafi.<ref>{{cite web|title=GMR (Great Man-made River) Water Supply Project|url=http://www.water-technology.net/projects/gmr/|website=Net Resources International|access-date=26 October 2011}}</ref> |
* [[Great Manmade River]] in Libya; given the title by Muammar Gaddafi.<ref>{{cite web|title=GMR (Great Man-made River) Water Supply Project|url=http://www.water-technology.net/projects/gmr/|website=Net Resources International|access-date=26 October 2011}}</ref> |
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* [[Hibernia Gravity Base Structure|Hibernia Oil Platform]], Newfoundland, Canada<ref>{{cite web|title=Interesting Facts about Oil and Gas|url=http://www.petrogenltd.com/2016/01/22/interesting-facts-about-oil-and-gas/|website=PetroGEN|access-date=15 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116074935/http://www.petrogenltd.com/2016/01/22/interesting-facts-about-oil-and-gas/|archive-date=16 November 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
* [[Hibernia Gravity Base Structure|Hibernia Oil Platform]], Newfoundland, Canada<ref>{{cite web|title=Interesting Facts about Oil and Gas|url=http://www.petrogenltd.com/2016/01/22/interesting-facts-about-oil-and-gas/|website=PetroGEN|access-date=15 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116074935/http://www.petrogenltd.com/2016/01/22/interesting-facts-about-oil-and-gas/|archive-date=16 November 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Hoover Dam]], [[Nevada]], [[United States]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2015/07/07/day-history-construction-began-hoover-dam |title=This Day in History: Construction Began on Hoover Dam |website=[[whitehouse.gov]] |date=7 July 2015 |access-date=8 May 2024}}</ref> |
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* [[Houston Astrodome]], [[Texas]], [[United States]]<ref>{{cite news | first=Chris | last=Duncan | title=Historic Astrodome sits empty, awaits future | date = 26 March 2011 | url=http://www.denverpost.com/rockies/ci_17708291 | work=The Denver Post | access-date=20 November 2011}}</ref> |
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* [[Karakoram Highway]] in Pakistan, and China |
* [[Karakoram Highway]] in Pakistan, and China<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://againstthecompass.com/en/karakoram-highway/|title=A guide to the Karakoram Highway - from Pakistan to China - Against the Compass|date=17 November 2020}}</ref> |
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* [[Palm Islands]] of Dubai<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iea.org.uk/record.jsp?ID=338&type=news |title=The lessons of Dubai? Let's build some more British isles |author=Blundell, John |website=[[Institute of Economic Affairs]] |date=9 April 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060507085656/http://www.iea.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&ID=338 |archive-date=7 May 2006}}</ref> |
* [[Palm Islands]] of Dubai<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iea.org.uk/record.jsp?ID=338&type=news |title=The lessons of Dubai? Let's build some more British isles |author=Blundell, John |website=[[Institute of Economic Affairs]] |date=9 April 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060507085656/http://www.iea.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&ID=338 |archive-date=7 May 2006}}</ref> |
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* [[Panama Canal]], Panama<ref>{{cite book | last1=Soley | title=Culture and Customs of Panama | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cNEcEyZs254C&q=%22panama+canal%22+%22eighth+wonder%22&pg=PA86 | access-date=20 November 2011 | isbn=978-0-313-33667-6| date=30 December 2008}}</ref> |
* [[Panama Canal]], Panama<ref>{{cite book | last1=Soley | title=Culture and Customs of Panama | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cNEcEyZs254C&q=%22panama+canal%22+%22eighth+wonder%22&pg=PA86 | access-date=20 November 2011 | isbn=978-0-313-33667-6 | date=30 December 2008| publisher=Abc-Clio }}</ref> |
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* [[Pikeville Cut-Through]] in Pikeville, Kentucky, United States; given the title by ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tourpikecounty.com/index.php?n=2&id=2 |title=Pikeville Cut-Through|website= Pikeville-Pike County Tourism|access-date=25 November 2010}}</ref><ref name="open">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/10/11/archives/kentucky-town-awaiting-growth-through-22million-mountain-excavation.html?sq=Pikeville%2520Cut-Through&scp=1&st=cse|title=Kentucky Town Awaiting Growth Through $22-Million Mountain Excavation|last=Franklin|first=Ben A.|date=11 October 1970|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=25 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tourpikecounty.com/index.php?n=2&id=2|title= Pikeville Cut-Through|website= Virgin Space Travel|access-date= 25 November 2010}}</ref> |
* [[Pikeville Cut-Through]] in Pikeville, Kentucky, United States; given the title by ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tourpikecounty.com/index.php?n=2&id=2 |title=Pikeville Cut-Through|website= Pikeville-Pike County Tourism|access-date=25 November 2010}}</ref><ref name="open">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/10/11/archives/kentucky-town-awaiting-growth-through-22million-mountain-excavation.html?sq=Pikeville%2520Cut-Through&scp=1&st=cse|title=Kentucky Town Awaiting Growth Through $22-Million Mountain Excavation|last=Franklin|first=Ben A.|date=11 October 1970|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=25 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tourpikecounty.com/index.php?n=2&id=2|title= Pikeville Cut-Through|website= Virgin Space Travel|access-date= 25 November 2010}}</ref> |
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* [[Queensway Tunnel]], Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/content/articles/2006/12/04/local_history_queensway_tunnel_feature.shtml | title=Queensway Tunnel | access-date= 30 November 2019}}</ref> |
* [[Queensway Tunnel]], Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/content/articles/2006/12/04/local_history_queensway_tunnel_feature.shtml | title=Queensway Tunnel | access-date= 30 November 2019}}</ref> |
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===In fiction=== |
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* [[King Kong]], a fictional giant [[movie monster]] resembling a colossal [[gorilla]], that has appeared in several movies since 1933. His captor promotes public exhibitions of the caged Kong with the tagline: "Eighth Wonder of the World".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2690/King-Kong/articles.html|title=King Kong (1933) | website= Turner Classic Movies|access-date=4 November 2014}}</ref> |
* [[King Kong]], a fictional giant [[movie monster]] resembling a colossal [[gorilla]], that has appeared in several movies since 1933. His captor promotes public exhibitions of the caged Kong with the tagline: "Eighth Wonder of the World".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2690/King-Kong/articles.html | title=King Kong (1933) | website= Turner Classic Movies | access-date=4 November 2014}}</ref> |
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* Similarly, [[Gorgo (film)|Gorgo]], a fictional 65-foot tall [[dinosaur]]-like creature captured off the coast of the fictitious Irish isle of Nara Island from the British [[kaiju]] film of the same name is promoted as the "8th Wonder of the World" while on display at a circus in London.<ref>{{cite AV media | people=Lourié, Eugène (Director) | date=29 March 1961 | title=Gorgo | medium=Motion picture | publisher=King Brothers Productions}}</ref> |
* Similarly, [[Gorgo (film)|Gorgo]], a fictional 65-foot tall [[dinosaur]]-like creature captured off the coast of the fictitious Irish isle of Nara Island from the British [[kaiju]] film of the same name is promoted as the "8th Wonder of the World" while on display at a circus in London.<ref>{{cite AV media | people=Lourié, Eugène (Director) | date=29 March 1961 | title=Gorgo | medium=Motion picture | publisher=King Brothers Productions}}</ref> |
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* [[Wonders of the World]] |
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* [[Andre the Giant]] (a pro wrestler who was given the nickname 'The 8th Wonder of the world') |
* [[Andre the Giant]] (a pro wrestler who was given the nickname 'The 8th Wonder of the world') |
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* [[Aishwarya Rai]] (pageant winner and actress was dubbed as '8th Wonder of the world') |
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Eighth Wonder of the World is an unofficial title sometimes given to new buildings, structures, projects, designs or even people that are deemed to be comparable to the seven Wonders of the World.
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