southernmost

adjective

south·​ern·​most ˈsə-t͟hərn-ˌmōst How to pronounce southernmost (audio)
: furthest to the south
… the world's southernmost range of polar bears …Will Ferguson
By the time they reached their final destination, Cabo San Pío, the southernmost tip of Tierra del Fuego, they had seen pretty much everything.Lucas Pollock

Examples of southernmost in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Among fake postings that have stirred outrage: That official agencies aren’t conducting rescues in Brazil’s southernmost state. Mauricio Savarese and Gabriela Sá Pessoa, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2024 Today, the southernmost highway in the continental United States carries U.S. Route 1 over the turquoise waters of the Florida Keys via 42 low-slung bridges. Teddy Brokaw, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for southernmost 

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Word History

First Known Use

1591, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of southernmost was in 1591

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“Southernmost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southernmost. Accessed 29 May. 2024.

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