southernmost

[ suhth-ern-mohstor, especially British, -muhst ]

adjective

1. farthest south.

Word History and Origins

Origin of southernmost¹

First recorded in 1715–25; southern + -most

Example Sentences

Traverse the southernmost stretch of the Blue Ridge Mountains and check out South Carolina’s most action-packed state park, Table Rock, on this 118-mile route, which extends from Interstate 85 near the North Carolina border to the Georgia state line.

From Outside Online

In Louisiana, I was told to try Port Fourchon, the state’s southernmost port.

From Outside Online

These projects will be sited to the east of Cape May, the southernmost part of the state.

From Ars Technica

These ruins are the remnants of the Bokoni polity, a region that contains the southernmost collection of stone terrace farming sites in Africa.

From Quartz

Laibe from the Socialist Party of Chile, who was elected in the southernmost area of the country, views his presence and that of seven other LGBTQ people at the convention will help replace the current constitution as a cultural milestone.

From Washington Blade

His “Out of Eden Walk” will end in Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost tip of South America.

From The Daily Beast

Last summer, I traveled with a J Street U delegation to the South Hebron Hills, in the southernmost reaches of the West Bank.

From The Daily Beast

Bangkok—unlike the southernmost provinces of Pattani or Narathiwat—seemed normal.

From The Daily Beast

At last, on the 3rd of February, we were fortunate enough to reach the southernmost point of America, so dreaded by all mariners.

From Project Gutenberg

Three miles to the south of the southernmost island, but nearer to the shore, is a reef of rocks which dry at low water.

From Project Gutenberg

At two in the afternoon we were within three miles of the southernmost key and could see a number of people within the reefs.

From Project Gutenberg

The slave sets down the stool near the southernmost column, and slips out through the curtains.

From Project Gutenberg

As they rounded the southernmost point, Adam said, "We ought to name it; that remarkable Swiss family always named places."

From Project Gutenberg