Thursday, June 12, 2008

New 7 Wonders - Top 10 Ranking Update

There have been changes in the ranking on all 77 nominees. Sswitches in rank is also noticeable in the current top 21.

Here's the list of the current top 21 nominees as of June 13, 2008.

1.
Ha Long Bay - Vietnam
-retained its position at number 1.

2.
Tubbataha Reef - Philippines
-retained its position at number 2.

3.
Chocolate Hills - Philippines
-made its strides to the number 3 position, swapping with Cox's Bazar

4.
Cox's Bazar Beach- Bangladesh
-dethrowned from the number 3 spot.

5.
Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park - Philippines
-move up a notch from the number 6 spot.

6.
Ganges River - Bangladesh/India
- down one notch, swapping with Puertor Princesa Subterranean River National

7.
Mount Everest - Nepal
-stayed in the 7th spot

8.
Amazon River, River/Forest - Bolivia/Brazil/Colombia/Ecuador/Peru/Venezuela
-keeping the 8th position

9.
Mayon Volcano- Philippines
-move up one rank to swap with Mount Fuji

10.
Mount Fuji - Japan
-lay lowed from the number 9 spot

Completing the top 21:

11.
Cocos Island - Costa Rica
12.
Ein Gedi Oasis - Israel
13. Pinnacles Desert - Australia (update: now in rank 14)
14.
Fernando de Noronha, Archipelago - Brazil (update: now in rank 15)
15.
Komodo National Park - Indonesia (update: now in rank 13)
16.
Colca Canyon - Peru (update: now in rank 16)
17.
Coatepeque Lake, Crater Lake - El Salvador (update: now in rank 17)
18.
Grand Canyon - United States (update: now in rank 18)
19.
Niagara Falls - Canada/United States
20.
Great Barrier Reef - Australia
21. Big Sur Beach - United States

For the complete list of the 77 nominees and their respective ranking, head to
http://www.new7wonders.com/nature/en/liveranking/

2 comments:

Maria said...

Philippines rock!

Owie said...

yup, however, Chocolate Hills has just been dethrowned from the number 2 spot. Support should continue to pour, otherwise, Tubbataha may go down from its current rank.