southernmost
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- adjective
- /ˈsʌðərnˌmoʊst/
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- My proposal is Tierra del Fuego at the southernmost tip of South America.
- the southernmost part
- the southernmost tip
- the southernmost point
So we decided we were going to drive from the northern, the northernmost point in the continental United States to the southernmost point.
- So we decided we were going to drive from the northern, the northernmost point in the continental United States to the southernmost point.
- My mother grew up in Bhusan, which is a southernmost tip of what is now South Korea.
Examples
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The drive out to Waipapa Point, near the southernmost tip of the South Island, was almost surreal.
Blog text (15) -
No, you're thinking of the South Pole Station, which is the southernmost spot on the planet.
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Our southernmost island, you know.
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The southernmost spot that only scientists can go to.
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We are in Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world.
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One afternoon, we drove to the Mariposa Grove in the southernmost part of the park, hoping to see giant sequoia trees.
Academic text (1994) -
Trinidad and Tobago are islands situated at the southernmost point of the archipelago of the West Indies.
Academic text (1997) -
The Tierra del Fuego archipelago is located at the southernmost tip of South America (Figure 1).
Academic text (2008) -
Located on St. Simon's Island, Frederica was the southernmost town in Georgia and closest to the Spanish outpost of St. Augustine, Florida.
Academic text (2011) -
We are in Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world.
Synonyms
Farthest to the south in a place like an island or park
Antonyms
How Southern
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word southernmost is made from south ('the direction toward the south') and the ending -most ('the most' or 'farthest'). So southernmost means the place that is 'farthest to the south', like the very bottom point on a map.