Cumorah
Drumlin associated with the Latter Day Saint movement / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cumorah (/kəˈmɔːrə/;[2] also known as Mormon Hill,[3][4][5] Gold Bible Hill,[6][7] and Inspiration Point)[3] is a drumlin in Palmyra, New York, United States,[8] where Joseph Smith said he found a set of golden plates which he translated into English and published as the Book of Mormon.
Cumorah | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 682 feet (208 m)[1] |
Coordinates | 42°59′40″N 77°13′13″W[1] |
Geography | |
Location | S of Palmyra, Ontario County, New York, U.S. |
Topo map | USGS Clifton Springs |
In the text of the Book of Mormon, "Cumorah" is a hill located in a land of the same name, which is "a land of many waters, rivers and fountains".[9] In this hill, a Book of Mormon figure, Mormon, deposited a number of metal plates containing the record of his nation of Nephites,[10] just prior to their final battle with the Lamanites in which at least 230,000 people were killed.[11]
Early Latter Day Saints assumed that the Cumorah in New York was the same Cumorah described in the Book of Mormon, based largely on a letter written by Oliver Cowdery (Letter VII), published in the July 1835 Messenger and Advocate[12] and reprinted several times at the direction of Joseph Smith.[13] In the early 20th century, scholars from the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church) and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) began to speculate that there were two such hills and that final battle in the Book of Mormon took place on a hill in southern Mexico, Central America, or South America.[14] The LDS Church has no official position on the matter,[15] and while these hypotheses are not held by some leaders and members of the LDS Church,[16] they are firmly espoused by others.[17]
In the official account of Joseph Smith it is stated that Manchester, Ontario County, New York, is the location of the encounter with Angel Moroni.[18]