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

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Sue Kim’s feature directorial debut trains focus on the haenyeo — female divers associated primarily with Jeju Island off South Korea’s southernmost coast. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 7 Oct. 2024 But Arcadia Management Area, during the trek’s southernmost third, is home to a set of hulking boulders deposited by the Laurentide Ice Sheet many millennia ago. Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 7 July 2024 The storm was located about 580 miles west-southwest of the southernmost Cabo Verde Islands and had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph, the center said. CBS News, 3 Oct. 2024 The luxury cruise line Silversea is getting into the hotel business, building a 150-room outpost that the company says will be the southernmost property in the world. Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 2 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for southernmost 

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 17 Nov. 2024.

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