North America
North America is a continent located in the Northern Hemisphere and bordered by another continent - South America. The North America part of the world includes the mainland itself, as well as large and small islands - the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Greenland, the West Indies, the Aleutian Islands and many others. North America is washed by the waters of the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic oceans, as well as the waters of the Caribbean Sea. All countries located in North America have access to the sea. North America is connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama.
In the part of the world North America there are a large number of independent states and dependent territories. Independent countries include Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras, Grenada, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, United States of America, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica. Dependent territories and colonies in North America - Anguilla (Great Britain), Aruba (Netherlands), Bermuda (Great Britain), Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (Netherlands), Virgin Islands (Great Britain), Virgin Islands (USA), Guadeloupe (France), Greenland (Denmark), Cayman Islands (UK), Clipperton (France), Curacao (Netherlands), Martinique (France), Montserrat (UK), USA Navassa, Puerto Rico (USA), Saint Barthelemy (France), Saint Martin (France), Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France), Sint Maarten (Netherlands), Turks and Caicos (UK).