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Eighth Wonder of the World is a term sometimes used to describe things in comparison to the Seven Wonders of the World
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

The Seven Wonders of the World is a well known list of seven remarkable constructions of classical antiquity. It was based on guide-books popular among Ancient Greece tourists and only includes works located around the Mediterranean rim....
, the widely-known list of seven remarkable constructions of classical antiquity.








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Eighth Wonder of the World is a term sometimes used to describe things in comparison to the Seven Wonders of the World
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

The Seven Wonders of the World is a well known list of seven remarkable constructions of classical antiquity. It was based on guide-books popular among Ancient Greece tourists and only includes works located around the Mediterranean rim....
, the widely-known list of seven remarkable constructions of classical antiquity.

Things labeled as the Eighth Wonder of the World


Natural places

  • Grand Canyon
    Grand Canyon

    The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided gorge carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona....
    , in Arizona
    Arizona

    The State of Arizona is a U.S. state located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix, Arizona....
    , in the United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  • Milford Sound
    Milford Sound

    Milford Sound is a fjord in the south west of New Zealand's South Island, within Fiordland National Park and the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage site....
    , New Zealand; called so by Rudyard Kipling
    Rudyard Kipling

    Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English author and poet. Born in Mumbai, British India , he is best known for his works of fiction The Jungle Book , Kim , many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King ; and his poems, including Mandalay , Gunga Din , and If? ....
  • Natural Tunnel
    Natural Tunnel State Park

    Natural Tunnel State Park is a Virginia state park, centered on the Natural Tunnel and located 5 miles south of Duffield, Virginia. It was created in 1967, and opened to the public in 1971....
    , in Virginia
    Virginia

    The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....
    , so dubbed by William Jennings Bryan
    William Jennings Bryan

    William Jennings Bryan was the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in 1896, 1900 and 1908, a lawyer, and the 41st United States Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson....
  • Pink and White Terraces
    Pink and White Terraces

    New Zealand's Pink and White Terraces, or Otukapuarangi and Te Tarata in Maori language, were considered a natural wonder until they were destroyed by a violent volcanic eruption in 1886....
     near Rotorua
    Rotorua

    Rotorua is a city on the southern shore of Lake Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island of New Zealand, and Rotorua District is the encompassing local authority area....
    , New Zealand, before they were destroyed by volcanic eruption in 1886
  • Giant's Causeway
    Giant's Causeway

    The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcano eruption. It is located on the northeast coast of Ireland, about two miles north of the town of Bushmills....
     in Northern Ireland
    Northern Ireland

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  • Burney Falls
    Burney Falls

    Burney Falls is a waterfall on Burney Creek, in McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park, Shasta County, California.The water comes from underground springs above and at the falls, which are 129 feet high, and provides an almost constant flow rate of 100 million US gallons per day , even during the dry summer months....
     in California
    California

    California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
    ; called so by Theodore Roosevelt
    Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt , also known as T.R., and to the public as Teddy, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States....
    .


Pre-1900 human creations

  • Great Wall of China
    Great Wall of China

    The Great Wall of China or is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in China, built, rebuilt, and maintained between the 5th century BC and the 16th century to protect the northern borders of the History of China from Xiongnu attacks during the rule of Dynasties in Chinese history....
    , China
    China

    China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
  • Stonehenge
    Stonehenge

    Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the England county of Wiltshire, about west of Amesbury and north of Salisbury. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is composed of Earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones and sits at the centre of the densest complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age mon...
    , United Kingdom
    United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
  • Machu Picchu
    Machu Picchu

    Machu Picchu is a pre-Columbian Inca Empire site located above sea level. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is northwest of Cuzco and through which the Urubamba River flows....
    , Peru
    Peru

    Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
  • Banaue Rice Terraces
    Banaue Rice Terraces

    The Banaue Rice Terraces are 2000-year old Terrace s that were carved into the mountains of Ifugao in the Philippines by ancestors of the Batad indigenous people....
    , Philippines
    Philippines

    The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
  • The Terracotta Army
    Terracotta Army

    The Terracotta Army are the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shi Huang the First Emperor of China. The terracotta figures, dating from 210 BC, were discovered in 1974 by several local farmers near Xi'an, Shanxi province, China near the Mausouleum of the First Qin Emperor....
     of Xi'an
    Xi'an

    Xi'an , is the Capital of the Shaanxi Provinces of China in the People's Republic of China and a sub-provincial city. As one of the oldest cities in Chinese history, Xi'an is one of the Historical capitals of China because it has been the capital of some of the most important Dynasties in Chinese history in Chinese history, including the Zh...
    , China
    China

    China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
  • Amber Room
    Amber Room

    The original Amber Room in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg is a complete chamber decoration of amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors....
     in the Catherine Palace
    Catherine Palace

    The Catherine Palace is the Rococo summer residence of the Russian tsars, located in the town of Tsarskoye Selo , 25 km south-east of Saint Petersburg, Russia....
     near Saint Petersburg
    Saint Petersburg

    Saint Petersburg is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea....
    , Russia
    Russia

    Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
  • The monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial, Spain
  • The Hagia Sophia
    Hagia Sophia

    Hagia Sophia is a former Patriarchate basilica, later a mosque, now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. Famous in particular for its massive dome, it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture....
    : Eastern Orthodox Church
    Eastern Orthodox Church

    The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian communion in the world with an estimated 225 million members worldwide. It is considered by its adherents to be the Four Marks of the Church established by Jesus Christ and his Apostles nearly 2000 years ago....
     built in Istanbul
    Istanbul

    Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....
  • The rock-hewn churches at Lalibela
    Lalibela

    Lalibela is a town in northern Ethiopia. Lalibela is one of Ethiopia's holiest cities, second only to Aksum, and is a center of pilgrimage for much of the country....
    , Ethiopia
    Ethiopia

    Ethiopia , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country situated in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia is bordered by Eritrea to the north, Sudan to the west, Kenya to the south, Somalia to the east and Djibouti to the northeast....
     (Church of St. George, Lalibela)
  • The stelae
    Axum

    Axum, or Aksum, is a city in northern Ethiopia named after the Kingdom of Aksum, a naval and trading power that ruled from the region ca....
     of Axum
    Axum

    Axum, or Aksum, is a city in northern Ethiopia named after the Kingdom of Aksum, a naval and trading power that ruled from the region ca....
    , Ethiopia
    Ethiopia

    Ethiopia , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country situated in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia is bordered by Eritrea to the north, Sudan to the west, Kenya to the south, Somalia to the east and Djibouti to the northeast....
  • Sigiriya
    Sigiriya

    Sigiriya is an ancient rock fortress and castle/palace ruin situated in the central Matale District of Sri Lanka, surrounded by the remains of an extensive network of gardens, resevoirs, and other structures....
    , Sri Lanka
    Sri Lanka

    Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is an island country in South Asia, located about off the southern coast of India....
  • Royal Palace in Amsterdam
    Royal Palace (Amsterdam)

    The Royal Palace in Amsterdam is one of four palaces in the Netherlands which is at the disposal of Beatrix of the Netherlands by Act of Parliament....
    , The Netherlands
  • Statue of Liberty
    Statue of Liberty

    The Statue of Liberty , or, more formally, Liberty Enlightening the World , was presented to the United States by the people of France in 1886....
    , New York Harbor, United States (French artwork: created and constructed in France and given to the United States as gift from France)
  • Angkor Wat
    Angkor Wat

    Angkor Wat , is a temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia, built for the king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and capital city....
    , Cambodia
    Cambodia

    The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in South East Asia with a population of over 13 million people. The kingdom's capital and largest city is Phnom Penh....
  • The moai
    Moai

    'Moai' are monolithic human figures carved from rock on the Polynesian island of Rapa Nui between 1250 and 1500 Common Era. Nearly half are still at Rano Raraku, the main moai quarry, but hundreds were transported from there and set on stone platforms called Easter Island#Ahu around the island's perimeter....
     statues of Easter Island
    Easter Island

    Easter Island is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeastern most point of the Polynesian triangle. The island is a special territory of Chile....
    , Chile
  • Chichen Itza
    Chichen Itza

    Chichen Itza is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site built by the Maya civilization located in the northern center of the Yucat?n Peninsula, in the Yucat?n state, present-day Mexico....
    : "El castillo" also called pyramyd of Kukulcan ubicated in the Peninsula of Yucatan, Mexico


Post-1900 human creations

  • Empire State Building
    Empire State Building

    The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. Its name is derived from the List of U.S....
    , New York City
  • Palm Islands
    Palm Islands

    The Palm Islands are artificial islands in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on which major commercial and residential infrastructure will be constructed....
     of Dubai
    Dubai

    Dubai is one of the seven Emirates of the United Arab Emirates and the most populous city of the United Arab Emirates . It is located along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula....
  • Panama Canal
    Panama Canal

    The Panama Canal is a man-made canal which joins the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean oceans. One of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken, it had an enormous impact on shipping between the two oceans, replacing the long and treacherous route via the Drake Passage and Cape Horn at the southernmost tip of South Am...
  • Sydney Opera House
    Sydney Opera House

    The Sydney Opera House is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was conceived and largely built by Denmark architect J?rn Utzon, who in 2003 received the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest honour....
     in Australia
    Australia

    Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
    ; the story of its construction was recounted in the opera The Eighth Wonder
    The Eighth Wonder

    The Eighth Wonder is an opera by Alan John and with a libretto by Dennis Watkins. It was premiered at the Sydney Opera House on October 14, 1995....
  • Thames Barrier
    Thames Barrier

    Thames Barrier is a flood control structure on the River Thames, constructed between 1974 and 1982 at Woolwich Reach, and first used defensively in 1983....
    , London
    London

    London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
    , England
    England

    native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
    .
  • Bahá'í terraces
    Terraces (Bahá'í)

    The Terraces of the Bah?'? Faith, also known as the Hanging Gardens of Haifa, are Paradise garden terraces that form nine above and nine below the Shrine of the B?b on Mount Carmel, Israel within Haifa, Israel....
    , on Mount Carmel, Haifa
    Haifa

    Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs....
    , Israel
    Israel

    Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
    .
  • Three Gorges Dam
    Three Gorges Dam

    The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectricity river dam that spans the Yangtze River in Sandouping, Yichang, Hubei, China. It is the List of the largest hydroelectric power stations in the world....
  • Reliant Astrodome
    Reliant Astrodome

    Reliant Astrodome, also known as the Houston Astrodome or simply the Astrodome, is a domed sports stadium, the first of its kind, located in Houston, Texas....
     in Houston
    Houston, Texas

    Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America and the largest city within the state of Texas. As of the 2007 U.S. Census estimate, the city has a population of 2.2 million within an area of 600 square miles ....
    , Texas
    Texas

    Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
  • West Baden Springs Hotel
    West Baden Springs Hotel

    The West Baden Springs Hotel is a historic landmark hotel in the town of West Baden Springs, Indiana in Orange County, Indiana, Indiana, USA, known for its vast domed atrium....


Pop culture

  • King Kong
    King Kong

    King Kong is the name of a fictional giant gorilla from the fictional Skull Island, who has appeared in several works since 1933. These include the groundbreaking King Kong , the film remakes of King Kong and King Kong , and numerous sequels....
     was introduced as the "Eighth Wonder of the World" in the 1933 RKO Pictures
    RKO Pictures

    RKO Pictures is an United States film production and distribution company. As Radio Pictures Inc. and then RKO Radio Pictures Inc., it was one of the so-called studio system major film studio of Hollywood Cinema of the United States#Golden Age of Hollywood....
     movie of the same title, as well as the 2005 remake of King Kong
    King Kong (2005 film)

    King Kong is a 2005 remake of the King Kong about a fictional giant ape called King Kong. The film was directed by Peter Jackson and stars Naomi Watts as Ann Darrow, Jack Black as Carl Denham, Adrien Brody as Jack Driscoll and, through performance capture, Andy Serkis as Kong....
    .
  • André the Giant
    André the Giant

    Andr? Ren? Roussimoff , best known as Andr? the Giant, was a France professional wrestling and actor. His great size was a result of acromegaly, and led to him being dubbed "The Eighth Wonder of the World." In the World Wrestling Entertainment , Roussimoff briefly held the WWE Championship....
    , a professional wrestler
    Professional wrestling

    Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional sport, where matches are prearranged by the Professional wrestling promotion List of professional wrestling terms#B, and is also considered an athletic performing art, containing strong elements of catch wrestling, mock combat and theatre....
    , was referred to as the 8th Wonder of the World by the World Wrestling Federation
    World Wrestling Entertainment

    World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is a publicly traded, privately controlled integrated arts and sports entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales....
    .


See also

  • Wonders of the World
    Wonders of the World

    Various lists of the Wonders of the World have been compiled over the ages to catalogue the most spectacular man-made constructions and natural things in the world....
  • New Seven Wonders of the World
    New Seven Wonders of the World

    New Seven Wonders of the World is a project that attempts to revive the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World concept with a list of modern wonders....