
KOTA KINABALU: Pulau Sipadan did not make it to the list of 28 finalists for the New7Wonders of Nature online campaign.
A panel of experts had sat for close to two weeks to decide which sites would go to the last round.
But, the island which is on Sabah's east coast remains on the reserve list at www.new7wonders.com and stands a chance, along with more than 40 other sites, to enter the final if any of the 28 nominees are disqualified.
Sipadan had made headlines recently when it won a spot in the campaign's top 77 list after an intense vote which saw 261 nominees competing.
Other islands which did not make the cut are Christmas Island, Cocos...