Ask anyone what the best natural wonders of the world are, and you will normally hear them list off places like the grand canyon, or the great barrier reef. But what about all the other natural wonders that go unnoticed by most people? Here are some of the most amazing places mother nature ever created, but that the majority of people have never heard about.

Parícutin Volcano

Karla Yannín Alcázar Quintero

Erupting in the middle of a Mexican farmers cornfield in 1943, Parícutin Volcano grew to over 50 feet in a matter of weeks, and 1,102 feet within a year. After nine years of activity, this monogenetic volcano finally stopped at 1,391 feet and will never erupt again.

Great Blue Hole

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

This sinkhole located off the coast of Belize was formed during the last ice age when sea levels were lower. Now a popular spot for divers, the great blue hole is 984 feet across, and 410 feet deep.

Mt Ngorongoro Crater

Laurent de Walick

The Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania is the world’s largest unbroken volcanic caldera at 2,001 feet deep and over 100 square miles in diameter. It is host to African wildlife ranging from rhinos and elephants to lions and leopards.

Mount Roraima

Christian Hummert

One of the oldest land masses on the planet, Mount Roraima  in Venezuela stands 7,671 feet tall and is surrounded by it’s 1300 foot vertical walls of sandstone. This Isolated tabletop mountain is what Sir Arthur Conan Doyle based “The Lost World” of off.

Puerta Princesa Subterranean River

Paul Chin

This underground river, located in the Philippines is one of the longest navigable subterranean rivers in the world. Filled with stalactite and stalagmite caves, one can now take kayak tours through this 8.2km river.

Dry Falls

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Located in Washington State, Dry Falls at one time was the largest waterfall in history. 90,000 years ago when an ice dam broke, it released glaciel lake Missoula down the river at 65 miles per hour. When it occurred Dry Falls had more water flowing through it than all of the worlds rivers combined.

By Mark Johnson