North America

continent · geography · oceans

Two hemispheres. North America sits in both the Northern and Western hemispheres of our planet.

Surrounded by oceans. The Arctic Ocean is to the north, the Atlantic to the east, and the Pacific to the south and west.

Neighbors to the south. South America and the warm Caribbean Sea border North America to the southeast.

A continent of extremes. It reaches from freezing northern lands near the Arctic down toward tropical waters.