Eight New Natural Wonders

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has recently add eight new natural wonders to the World Heritage List. The World Heritage List includes over 800 sites across the world considered as "having outstanding universal value." The new natural wonders sites include the following.

  • Surtsey Island, Iceland
  • Mount Sangingshan National Park, China
  • Monarch Butterfly Biosphere, Mexico
  • Sardona Tectonic Arena, Switzerland
  • Joggins Fossil Cliffs, Canada
  • Saryarka, Kazakhstan
  • Socotra Archipelago, Yemen
  • New Caledonia, France