The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres over an area of approximately 344,400 squa
Image of part of the Great Barrier Reef adjacent to Queensland, taken from the International Space Station
Heron Island, a coral cay in the southern Great Barrier Reef
Aerial view of Arlington Reef
Various lists of the Wonders of the World have been compiled from antiquity to the present day, in order to catalogue the world's most spectacular natural features and human-built structures.
Great Barrier Reef
…organisms, known as coral polyps. It supports a wide diversity of life and was selected as a World Heritage Site in 1981. CNN labelled it one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World in 1997. Australian World Heritage places included it in its list in 2007. The Queensland National Trust named it a state icon of Queensland in 2006…
The Great Pyramid of Giza, the only wonder of the ancient world still in existence
CN Tower in Toronto, Canada