Several Book of Mormon geography models conflict with the western New York location of Cumorah where Joseph Smith reported finding the golden plates. This has led to a recent argument promoted by some LDS apologists, known as the "Two Cumorahs" theory . The Book of Mormon states that some final battles of the Nephite people took place near "the narrow passage". Mesoamerican setting advocates seek to place this geographic feature in Central America . Others point out that there are more than one isthmus or narrow moraine in the vicinity of "scriptural Cumorah " - western New York.