in the Ohio area and covering an area from the Mississippi River, east to New York, and south to Florida. The idea of a central American settlement is known as the M2C theory and has begun to fall out of favour as more information and data comes to light in support of the heartland model. Other LDS argue that the New World land and city of Bountiful cannot be very distant from the location of the land Cumorah given in LDS scripture. This interpretation understands the Cumorah in the Book of Mormon to be identical to the Cumorah mentioned in Doctrine and Covenants 128:20. See also Bountiful, Utah, a city named after this place. Notes References . . . . . . . External links Nephis Bountiful in Arabia: The Book of Mormon (YouTube) Book of Mormon places