Many people believe the Book of Mormon took place in North America and they may be right. North America is a continent in the western and northern hemispheres. It is bounded by the Arctic, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans and the Caribbean Sea.
North America in Orthographic Projection
North America consists of 23 sovereign nations and 23 dependent territories. Modern contiguous countries in North America include (moving in a general north to south direction):
- Canada
- United States
- Mexico
- Belize
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- El Salvador
- Nicaragua
- Costa Rica
- Panama
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- The Bahamas
- Barbados
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Haiti
- Jamaica
- Martinique
- Montserrat
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Barthelemy
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint Martin
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sint Maarten
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- US Minor Outlying Islands (8 in the Pacific, 1 in the Caribbean)
- US Virgin Islands
North America is the third largest continent with 24.2 million square kilometers which is 16.2% of the land surface of the earth.
North America is the fourth most populous continent with 600 million inhabitants which is 7.5% of the population of the earth.
