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 …—

Jim Brandenburg

Examples of northernmost in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The northernmost point of the project is about four miles south of Calvert’s rental properties. —

Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2024 Some natural historians say alligator turtles may have lived in far southwest Indiana, the northernmost band of their habitat in the southeastern U.S. —

Michelle Mastro, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2024 Still, 280 million years ago, northern Namibia was around 60 degrees southern latitude—roughly where the northernmost reaches of Antarctica are today. —

Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 11 July 2024 The country’s northernmost metropolis, Harbin is the capital of Heilongjiang province. —

Martha Zhou, CNN, 9 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for northernmost

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