28 July 2009
Table Mountain has made it through to become one of 28 finalists in the New 7 Wonders of Nature competition, in which the world's top natural sites are being whittled down to seven winners in an exercise in global democracy expected to draw over a billion participants.
In 2007, the New7Wonders Foundation, a Zurich-based non-profit organisation, announced the New 7 (man-made) Wonders of the World after more than 100-million votes were cast via the internet in "the first-ever worldwide election".
Now its follow-up campaign, to choose the "Big Seven" of the natural world, has entered its final stage, after a panel of experts led by former Unesco director-general Federico Mayor announced the 28 finalists in Zurich, Switzerland on 21 July.
The panel made its selection from a list of 77 nominees that were chosen, from a list of 261 national and cross-national representative sites, by people around the world in internet voting.
The final, two-year round of voting to choose the New 7 Wonders of Nature, running through 2010 and into 2011, is now open: cast your vote here.

• See who the 28 finalists are and the reasons to vote for Table Mountain  
• Media Release: Table Mountain shortlisted for top 7 Wonders spot

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