Milford Sound.. a must visit place in NZ

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Milford Sound in running to be part of 'new seven wonders'
Monday, July 27, 2009

By Joshua Crouthamel
MSN NZ Travel writer

Milford Sound is battling it out with 27 other finalists to be considered one of the world's 'new' seven wonders of nature.

441 nominees from 222 countries have been whittled down to a list of just 28 finalists in a campaign to name the 'new' seven world wonders of nature, hosted by www.new7wonders.com, with Milford Sound representing New Zealand on the list.

Votes are being accepted now, with the winning seven wonders scheduled to be announced mid-2011. A who-sits-where ranking will be announced next week; to put our NZ icon in good stead for the competition, register and vote online.

Curious about the competition? Here are the top 28:

The Amazon
Angel Falls, Venezuela
Bay of Fundy, Canada
Black Forrest, Germany
Bu Tinah Shoals, United Arab Emirates
Cliffs of Moher, Ireland
Dead Sea, Israel, Palestine and Jordan
El Yunque, Puerto Rico
Galapagos, Ecuador
Grand Canyon, USA
Great Barrier Reef, Australia and PNG
Halong Bay, Vietnam
Iguazu Falls, Brazil and Argentina
Jeita Grotto, Lebanon
Jeju Island, South Korea
Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Komodo, Indonesia
Maldives
Masurian Lake District, Poland
Matterhorn, Italy and Switzerland
Milford Sound, New Zealand
Mud Volcanoes, Azerbaijan
Puerto Princesa Underground River, Philippines
Sundarbans, India and Bangladesh
Table Mountain, South Africa
Uluru, Australia
Vesuvius, Italy
Yushan Mountain, Taiwan