North America

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World map showing where North America is
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North America is a continent in the northern half of Earth, located to the east of the Pacific Ocean, the west of the Atlantic Ocean, the south of the Arctic Ocean, and the north of South America. It is the north part of the Americas.

North America includes these large countries, listed from north to south:

The countries of Central America are also considered part of North America. They are: Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.

All of the countries and islands in the Caribbean are also part of North America.

Greenland, ruled by Denmark, is a large island to the northeast of Canada, and is also considered part of North America.

Continents of the World
Asia | Africa | North America | Central America | South America | Antarctica | Europe | Eurasia | Eurafrasia | Australia
(The Pacific Islands, also called Oceania, are not part of any continent, but sometimes they are grouped with Australia)


Countries and territories of North America
Independent: Antigua and Barbuda | Bahamas | Barbados | Belize | Canada | Costa Rica | Cuba | Dominica | Dominican Republic | El Salvador | Grenada | Guatemala | Haiti | Honduras | Jamaica | Mexico | Nicaragua | Panama | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Lucia | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Trinidad and Tobago | United States
Governed by other countries: Anguilla | Aruba | Bermuda | British Virgin Islands | Cayman Islands | Greenland | Guadeloupe | Martinique | Montserrat | Navassa Island | Netherlands Antilles | Puerto Rico | Saint-Pierre and Miquelon | Turks and Caicos Islands | U.S. Virgin Islands