Lands and waters
West sea
Proposed site: bajos west and northwest of Tikal (area)
At the narrow neck, the model reads the long seasonal wetland (bajo) system west and northwest of Tikal, fuller in a wetter past, as the west sea. It is not Lake Petén Itzá. This is the model's most-criticized claim.
- Scripture: Alma 50:34; Helaman 4:7
- Authors' rating: #2 of 5 (1 = strongest)
- Precision: approximate area
- Sources: Authors' 2026 book, p.41 map, p.96; Fact sheet Land of Desolation (2019), map
Episodes
This is the authors' proposal. See open questions for how the model is debated, or follow it on the full map.