The New Nature Wonders of the World

Here is the list of the New Nature Wonders of the World. Be amazed to this newly inscribed World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Central Highlands of Sri Lanka

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site comprises the Peak Wilderness Protected Area, the Horton Plains National Park and the Knuckles Conservation Forest. Peak Wilderness encompasses the Adam's Peak shown in picture.

China Danxia


Is the name called to the unique type of land formation of red sandstone and characterised by steep cliffs found in six areas in China namely, Mount Langshan and Mount Wanfoshan, Mount Danxia, Taining and Mount Guanzhou, Mount Longhu and Guifeng, Mount Chishui, Fangyan and Mount Jianglang.

Phoenix Islands Protected Area in Kiribati

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Is the largest marine protected area known to man. An effort of the Kiribati government to conserve marine life - the whole ecosystem and all of its interconnected elements.

Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island


A striking landscape made up of two volcanic massifs located in a French Island called Reunion.

Putorana Plateau of France


Inscribed as a "complete set of subarctic and arctic ecosystems in an isolated mountain range, including pristine taiga, forest tundra, tundra and arctic desert systems, as well as untouched cold-water lake and river systems."

Check out http://whc.unesco.org/en/newproperties website for more of the wonders of the world.