By type of wonder

23 kinds

Mountain

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

55 wonders

Lake

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

33 wonders

Volcano

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

32 wonders

Waterfall

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

28 wonders

Rock formation

Stone shaped by wind, water, and deep time.

27 wonders

Forest

Canopies and root-tangled floors humming with life.

24 wonders

Island

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

24 wonders

Canyon

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

23 wonders

Desert & dunes

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

17 wonders

Beach & coast

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

15 wonders

Cave

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

15 wonders

Wetland

Mangrove, marsh, and estuary — the planet’s nurseries.

13 wonders

Karst landscape

Limestone dissolved into towers, sinkholes, and hidden rivers.

12 wonders

Marine sanctuary

Protected seas where marine life recovers and thrives.

12 wonders

Glacier

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

10 wonders

River

Moving water that carves and feeds whole landscapes.

10 wonders

Savanna & plains

Open grassland under a wide sky, alive with great herds.

9 wonders

Fjord

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

8 wonders

Coral reef

Living cities of coral, the rainforests of the sea.

7 wonders

Hot spring

Geothermal water, warmed deep in the Earth.

7 wonders

Living terraces

Living landscapes shaped by generations working with the land.

7 wonders

Polar & ice

The frozen ends of the Earth — ice, snow, and life at the extremes.

5 wonders

Geyser

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

3 wonders