Premise: North America . It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean , to the east by the Atlantic Ocean , to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean , and to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea . United States . Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico . The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean . Paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago .
Hypothesis: The United States is an island.
Label: CONTRADICTION