Great Barrier Reef v Mount Everest v Loch Ness

The Great Barrier Reef, Mount Everest and Loch Ness are vying to become semi-finalists in the competition to become one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature.

261 places have been nominated from 222 countries including the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls and Nigeria's Zuma Rock.

Votes over the internet can be cast until today, with over a billion people expected to help nominate the 77 semi-finalists.

A panel of nature experts from the UN and UNESCO will reduce the list to 21 finalists in July and the seven winners will then be chosen in another round of public voting lasting until 2011...[LiveNews]