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[[Image:North america pol97.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Political boundaries of North America]]

[[Image:North america pol97.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Political boundaries of North America]]

[[Image:North america ref02.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Shaded relief of North America]]

[[Image:North america ref02.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Shaded relief of North America]]

'''North America''' is the continental land mass of the Western Hemisphere consisting of [[Bermuda]], [[Canada]], the [[United States of America]], [[Greenland]] and [[Saint Pierre and Miquelon]]. It may also include [[Mexico]], the seven countries of [[Central America]], and many of the islands of the [[Caribbean Sea]].  North America is bounded on the north by the [[Arctic Ocean]], the east by the [[Atlantic Ocean]], the south by the Caribbean Sea and [[South America]], and the [[Pacific Ocean]] to the west.

'''North America''' is the continental land mass of the Western Hemisphere consisting of [[Bermuda]], [[Canada]], the [[United States of America]], [[Greenland]] and Saint Pierre and Miquelon. It may also include [[Mexico]], the seven countries of [[Central America]], and many of the islands of the [[Caribbean Sea]].  North America is bounded on the north by the [[Arctic Ocean]], the east by the [[Atlantic Ocean]], the south by the Caribbean Sea and [[South America]], and the [[Pacific Ocean]] to the west.

The name ''America'' derives from Italian explorer and navigator [[Amerigo Vespucci]].

The name ''America'' derives from Italian explorer and navigator [[Amerigo Vespucci]].