northernmost
adjective
north·ern·most
ˈnȯr-t͟hərn-ˌmōst 
ˈnȯr-t͟hən-
: furthest to the north
Ellesmere, situated 1,000 miles above the Arctic Circle, is the northernmost land in north America. The nearest tree grows 1,200 miles to the south …—
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As the seat of Greenland’s home rule government, Nuuk is the world’s northernmost capital of a constituent state, sitting just north of Iceland’s Reykjavik.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Leibowitz—a health psychologist who grew up near the Jersey Shore, where life revolved around beachy summers—made the Arctic her home in order to study at the world’s northernmost university.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
Experts already warned of famine in the northernmost part of Gaza, which Israeli forces have almost completely isolated since early October.
—Natalie Meltzer and Sally Abou Aljoud, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
Sean Scott From subtropical wetlands to vast red-rock desert, the northernmost region of the Northern Territory—or as Aussies call it, the Top End—is a wonder to witness.
—Chloe Sachdev, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Nov. 2024
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David Nikel, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Leibowitz—a health psychologist who grew up near the Jersey Shore, where life revolved around beachy summers—made the Arctic her home in order to study at the world’s northernmost university.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
Experts already warned of famine in the northernmost part of Gaza, which Israeli forces have almost completely isolated since early October.
—Natalie Meltzer and Sally Abou Aljoud, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
Sean Scott From subtropical wetlands to vast red-rock desert, the northernmost region of the Northern Territory—or as Aussies call it, the Top End—is a wonder to witness.
—Chloe Sachdev, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Northernmost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/northernmost. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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