Chichรฉn Itzรก
AncientAt each equinox the afternoon sun throws a serpent of shadow down the staircase of El Castillo.
MexicoNov โ Mar
North America
North America
Stretching from the Arctic ice to the Panama isthmus, this continent packs boreal forest, prairie, desert and rainforest into a single north-south sweep โ and holds the largest freshwater system on Earth.
0Countries mapped
0People
0kmยฒ of land
6Featured places
Quick facts
- The Great Lakes contain about 21 per cent of the world's surface fresh water.
- Greenland is the largest island on Earth and part of North America.
- Death Valley recorded 56.7 ยฐC in 1913, the highest reliable air temperature ever measured.
โฒ Denali, 6,190 m ยท โผ Badwater Basin, โ86 m
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Countries of North America
18 mapped, ordered by population.
1
๐บ๐ธ United States of America
Northern America
328.24M
2
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico
Central America
127.58M
3
๐จ๐ฆ Canada
Northern America
37.59M
4
๐ฌ๐น Guatemala
Central America
16.6M
5
๐จ๐บ Cuba
Caribbean
11.33M
6
๐ญ๐น Haiti
Caribbean
11.26M
7
๐ฉ๐ด Dominican Rep.
Caribbean
10.74M
8
๐ญ๐ณ Honduras
Central America
9.75M
9
๐ณ๐ฎ Nicaragua
Central America
6.55M
10
๐ธ๐ป El Salvador
Central America
6.45M
11
๐จ๐ท Costa Rica
Central America
5.05M
12
๐ต๐ฆ Panama
Central America
4.25M
13
๐ต๐ท Puerto Rico
Caribbean
3.19M
14
๐ฏ๐ฒ Jamaica
Caribbean
2.95M
15
๐น๐น Trinidad and Tobago
Caribbean
1.39M
16
๐ง๐ฟ Belize
Central America
390.35K
17
๐ง๐ธ Bahamas
Caribbean
389.48K
18
๐ฌ๐ฑ Greenland
Northern America
56.23K
Peaks
The highest ground on this continent.
6,190 m
Denali
Alaska Range ยท United States of America
5,959 m
Mount Logan
Saint Elias Mountains ยท Canada
5,636 m
Pico de Orizaba
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ยท Mexico
4,392 m
Mount Rainier
Cascade Range ยท United States of America
Where to go
Featured destinations across North America.
Grand Canyon
NatureA 446 km gash cut by the Colorado River, exposing nearly two billion years of rock in its walls.
United States of AmericaMar โ May, Sep โ Nov
Banff & Lake Louise
NatureRock flour ground by glaciers stays suspended in the meltwater, turning the lakes an unreal turquoise.
CanadaJun โ Sep, Dec โ Mar
Antelope Canyon
NatureA slot canyon scoured by flash floods, where midday light drops through the crack in solid shafts.
United States of AmericaMar โ Oct
New York City
CityAround 800 languages are spoken here, making it the most linguistically dense city ever recorded.
United States of AmericaApr โ Jun, Sep โ Nov
Route 66
AdventureChicago to Santa Monica, 3,940 km of the Mother Road, decommissioned in 1985 but never really closed.
United States of AmericaMay โ Oct