Eighth 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.

Candidates for the Eighth Wonder of the World

The Colorado River flowing through the Grand Canyon in Arizona

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1866 painting of Milford Sound by John Gibb

Natural places

• Burney Falls in California, United States; called so by Theodore Roosevelt<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Deadvlei Clay Pan in Namibia<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Giant's Causeway in County Antrim, Northern Ireland<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland, Canada<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Grand Canyon in Arizona, United States<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Milford Sound in New Zealand; called so by Rudyard Kipling<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Natural Tunnel, Virginia, United States, so dubbed by William Jennings Bryan<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Niagara Falls, between the province of Ontario, Canada and the state of New York, United States.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Pink and White Terraces in New Zealand, prior to their disappearance following the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia, with a series of tufa lakes that are connected by waterfalls, along with very deep caves.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• The great wildebeest migration in the Maasai Mara, Kenya and Serengeti, Tanzania<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Pre-1900 creations

Sigiriya in Matale District, Sri Lanka

Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia

The Citadelle Laferrière in Northern Haiti

Church of Saint George in Lalibela, Ethiopia

Chapel of the Rosario

• Amber Room in the Catherine Palace near Saint Petersburg, Russia<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Angkor Wat, Cambodia<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Banaue Rice Terraces, Philippines<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Borobudur, in Magelang, Indonesia<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• The Citadelle Laferrière, Haiti<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• The Eads Bridge, St. Louis, Missouri, United States<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• The Erie Canal, New York, United States.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Monastery of El Escorial, Spain.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• The First transcontinental railroad, North America.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• The Forth Railway Bridge in Scotland<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Great Wall of China, China<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• The original 1882 Kinzua Viaduct (railway bridge) in Pennsylvania, United States.
• The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
• Machu Picchu, Peru<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• The moai statues of Easter Island, Chile<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Newgrange, Ireland<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• The Obelisk of Axum, Ethiopia<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• The Polhem dry dock, Karlskrona, Sweden<ref>http://www.vhfk.se/polhemsdockan/ "Polhemsdockan kallas ibland världens åttonde underverk"</ref>
• The rock-hewn churches at Lalibela, Ethiopia<ref>Ancient rock churches put Ethiopia back on tourist map by David Smith, The Guardian, 1 September 2014.</ref> (Church of Saint George, Lalibela)
• Royal Palace in Amsterdam, Netherlands<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Sigiriya, Sri Lanka<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), New York Harbor, United States<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Stonehenge, England<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• The Taj Mahal, India<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Chapel of the Rosario, Puebla City, Mexico<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• The Terracotta Army, China<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• The original rail-only Victoria Bridge (Montreal), Canada.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Thames Tunnel, London, United Kingdom<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Post-1900 creations

Hoover Dam, Nevada, United States

• Aswan Dam in Egypt, called as such by Nikita Khrushchev<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Bahá'í terraces, on Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Delta Works, the 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 magazine and the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the "Eighth Wonder of the World" by several other sources.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia

• Empire State Building, New York City, United States.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• George Washington Bridge, New York City, United States<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Great Manmade River in Libya; given the title by Muammar Gaddafi.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Grotto of the Redemption, West Bend, Iowa<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Hibernia Oil Platform, Newfoundland, Canada<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Hoover Dam, Nevada, United States<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Houston Astrodome, Texas, United States<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Karakoram Highway connecting Pakistan and China.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Palm Islands of Dubai<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Panama Canal, Panama<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Pikeville Cut-Through in Pikeville, Kentucky, United States; given the title by The New York Times.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Queensway Tunnel, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Rogers Centre, originally named SkyDome, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Statue of Unity, Kevadia, India, given the title by Shanghai Cooperation Organization.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Thames Barrier, London, United Kingdom<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Three Gorges Dam in Hubei, China<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• West Baden Springs Hotel in West Baden Springs, Orange County, Indiana, United States.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In fiction

• 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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Similarly, 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>Template:Cite AV media</ref>

See also

• New Seven Wonders of the World
• Wonders of the World
• André the Giant (a professional wrestler who was given the nickname "The Eighth Wonder of the world")
• Jerry Springer – a daytime tv host whose show entry dubbed him as "The eighth wonder of the world!"