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Eighth Wonder of the World

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For other uses, see Wonders of the World (disambiguation) and Eighth Wonder (disambiguation).

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

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The Colorado River flowing through the Grand Canyon in Arizona
 
1866 painting of Milford Sound by John Gibb

Natural places

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Pre-1900 creations

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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

Post-1900 creations

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Hoover Dam, Nevada, United States
 
Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia

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".[71]
  • 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.[72]

See also

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