Blog Vote for Table Mountain - as the new 7th Wonder of the World
Table Mountain is one of the official nominations in a worldwide “New 7 Wonders of Nature” campaign. The New 7 Wonders Foundation, based in Zurich, Switzerland, recently announced that Table Mountain, along with 261 awesome natural sites from around 222 countries around the world, have made it through to the second round of this global campaign to find the New 7 Wonders of Nature.
Some of the competition that Table Mountain is up against, includes other world-famous sites like the Grand Canyon, Loch Ness, the Great Barrier Reef and Niagara Falls. Two canyons that for some reason did not make this list - are both in our portion of the continent: Fish River Canyon & Blyde River Canyon - yet are supposed to be the 2nd & 3rd biggest canyons respectively in the world.
The New 7 Wonders of Nature will be determined by public votes. South Africans (or of course, any nationality) can show their support for the Mother City’s majestic mountain by visiting www.new7wonders.com to cast their vote.
The cut-off date for this phase of voting is 7 July 2009 - when the panel will select the 21 worldwide finalists - which coincidentally will be announced on 21 July this year. The final & official selection of the New 7 Wonders of Nature will be announced in 2011.
Voting in the second phase to select the top 77 runs until July 7 this year, when a panel of experts will select the 21 finalists - these will be announced on July 21 when the third and final phase of voting will begin. The official New 7 Wonders of Nature will be revealed in 2011.
So c’mon, South Africans everywhere. Get voting!
Breaking news (courtesy of News24)
Table Mountain has climbed to number five in the New7Wonders of Nature global rankings as from Monday, rocketing 24 places from its previous position of 29 last week. It is now officially ahead of legendary mountains such as Mount Everest, K2 Mountain and Mount Kilimanjaro.
Way to go South Africa! Keep on voting!