The Amazon, Angel Falls, El Yunque, the Galapagos Islands and Niagara Falls are the 5 Latin American sites chosen from the 28 shortlisted from around the world to contest the New Seven Natural Wonders, organized by the Unesco.
It was decided by a group of 6 experts chaired by former director general of UNESCO, Federico Mayor Zaragoza, who chose between 77 candidates shortlisted by millions of Internet users.
The sites include 11 countries in Latin America: the Amazon rainforest is part of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, French Guiana, Peru, Surinam and Venezuela's Angel Falls in Venezuela, El Yunque in Puerto Rico, the Galapagos Islands belong to Ecuador, and the Iguazu Falls are located between Brazil and Argentina.
The other finalists are: the Bay of Fundy in Canada, the Black Forest in Germany, Bu Tinah Shoals in the United Arab Emirates, the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland and the Dead Sea in Palestine, Jordan and Israel.
Include also the Vesuvius (Italy), Ha Long Bay (Vietnam), Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania), the Great Barrier Reef (Australia and Papua New Guinea), the Grand Canyon (USA), Jeita Grotto ( Lebanon) and Jeju Island (South Korea).
The shortlist is completed by Komodo in Indonesia, the Maldives, the Masurian lake in Poland, the Matterhorn in Switzerland and Italy, Milford Sound in New Zealand, the mud volcanoes in Azerbaijan, the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River in the Philippines , South Africa Table Mountain, Uluru in Australia and the Yushan in Taiwan.
The group of experts chose the 28 finalists taking into account the local beauty, its diversity, the ecological, historical legacy and geographical location to be equitably distributed by continent.
The organization of the New Seven Wonders of Nature will visit each of the 28 sites and try that everywhere governments organize events to promote them.
The vote, made through www.new7wonders.com reflects the fascination that leads to Angel Falls, a waterfall of nearly 1 kilometer high, inserted in the Auyantepui, 'mountain devil' in the language of the indigenous Pemon. The Auyantepui has an area of 650 square kilometers and a peak of nearly 3,000 meters, and its plateau reaches 700 kilometers long.
The highest waterfall in the world owes its name to who is known as the 'discoverer', Jimmy Angel, an airman who crashed his plane in 1935 on top of natural colossus. The jump is located in the Canaima National Park in Bolivar State, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997. Angel Before landing, the place was known as Kerepakupaimerú.
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