By type of wonder

19 kinds

Waterfall

Rivers thrown off a cliff — power, mist, and cool blue pools.

8 wonders

Island

Land ringed by water, each one its own small world.

7 wonders

Mountain

High country: summits, ridgelines, and seas of cloud.

7 wonders

Volcano

Earth’s furnace made visible — cones, calderas, and crater lakes.

5 wonders

Marine sanctuary

Protected seas where marine life recovers and thrives.

4 wonders

Lake

Still water that mirrors the sky, from crater lakes to lagoons.

3 wonders

Rock formation

Stone shaped by wind, water, and deep time.

3 wonders

Beach & coast

Where land meets sea — sand, cliff, and tide.

2 wonders

Cave

The world underground — chambers, rivers, and stone grown drop by drop.

2 wonders

Coral reef

Living cities of coral, the rainforests of the sea.

2 wonders

Forest

Canopies and root-tangled floors humming with life.

2 wonders

Geyser

Groundwater flashed to steam and flung skyward by the Earth’s heat.

2 wonders

Glacier

Rivers of ancient ice, and the lagoons and lakes they leave behind.

2 wonders

Karst landscape

Limestone dissolved into towers, sinkholes, and hidden rivers.

2 wonders

Canyon

Rivers and time cut deep into stone, laying bare the ages.

1 wonder

Desert & dunes

Dunes, salt flats, and arid country shaped by wind and drought.

1 wonder

Fjord

Sea drowned in a glacier-cut valley — cliffs plunging into deep water.

1 wonder

Living terraces

Living landscapes shaped by generations working with the land.

1 wonder

River

Moving water that carves and feeds whole landscapes.

1 wonder