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

Our southernmost continent was actually once so green it was covered in rainforests 90 million years ago, at a time when carbon dioxide levels were much higher than today.

From Salon

For nine decades, San Clemente Island, the southernmost of the eight Channel Islands, has been owned by the Navy and is largely inaccessible to civilians.

From Los Angeles Times

The flames, carried by the wind, quickly reached the southernmost edge of the property of Sierra Motor Sports, where the business stored 50-gallon barrels of discarded gasoline, Blakemore said.

From Los Angeles Times

"Access to healthy foods and fresh produce is not just about groceries. It's about justice," declared Juliana Stratton, Illinois' lieutenant governor, to the cheering crowd that gathered in Illinois' southernmost city.

From Salon

Much of Gaza’s second city was destroyed in an Israeli offensive earlier this year, but large numbers of people returned there after Israeli troops began an operation in the southernmost city of Rafah in May.

From BBC