Book of Mormon/Geography/Models/Internal

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Internal Geography Models

Model Name	Date Proposed	Scope	Narrow Neck	Land North	Land South	Cumorah	River Sidon	Nephi's Landing	Religion	Type of model Model name: Tyler n.d. Date proposed: n.d. Scope: N/A Narrow neck: N/A Land north: N/A Land south: N/A Cumorah: N/A Sidon: N/A Landing: N/A Religion: LDS Type: Internal Model name: Lauritzen n.d. Date proposed: n.d. Scope: N/A Narrow neck: N/A Land north: N/A Land south: N/A Cumorah: N/A Sidon: N/A Landing: N/A Religion: LDS Type: Internal Model name: Washburn 1939 Date proposed: 1939 Scope: N/A Narrow neck: N/A Land north: N/A Land south: N/A Cumorah: N/A Sidon: N/A Landing: N/A Religion: LDS Type: Internal Model name: Ferguson 1947 Date proposed: 1947 Scope: N/A Narrow neck: N/A Land north: N/A Land south: N/A Cumorah: N/A Sidon: N/A Landing: N/A Religion: LDS Type: Internal Model name: Ludlow 1964 Date proposed: 1964 Scope: N/A Narrow neck: N/A Land north: N/A Land south: N/A Cumorah: N/A Sidon: N/A Landing: N/A Religion: LDS Type: Internal Model name: Ludlow 1976 Date proposed: 1976 Scope: N/A Narrow neck: N/A Land north: N/A Land south: N/A Cumorah: N/A Sidon: N/A Landing: N/A Religion: LDS Type: Internal Model name: Nielson 1987 Date proposed: 1987 Scope: N/A Narrow neck: N/A Land north: N/A Land south: N/A Cumorah: N/A Sidon: N/A Landing: N/A Religion: LDS Type: Internal Model name: Proctor 1988 Date proposed: 1988 Scope: N/A Narrow neck: N/A Land north: N/A Land south: N/A Cumorah: N/A Sidon: N/A Landing: N/A Religion: LDS Type: Internal Model name: TRUE-BOMG 2004 Date proposed: 2004 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Very narrow area of Buffalo, NY Land north: Lake Tonawanda to Lake Ontario Land south: Lake Tonawanda to Erie, PA Cumorah: Jaredite final battle at Rochester, NY; Nephite at NY site of plates Sidon: Buffalo River and Cazenovia Creek Landing: Presque Isle Bay in Erie, PA Religion: BOMC Type: Internal & External Model name: Sudweeks 2013 Date proposed: 2013 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Niagara Peninsula Land north: Upper Ontario Canada Land south: Niagara Peninsula, New York, and southward Cumorah: New York Sidon: Niagara River Landing: West of Lake Ontario Religion: LDS Type: External and Internal

Table based on John L. Sorenson, The Geography of Book of Mormon Events: A Source Book (Provo, Utah: FARMS, revised edition, 1992), 32. AISN B0006QHZWE. off-site with additions and corrections by FairMormon Wiki editors.