southernmost
adjective
south·ern·most
ˈsə-t͟hərn-ˌmōst 
: furthest to the south
… the world's southernmost range of polar bears …—
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Will FergusonBy 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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Gaza’s ‘invisible victims’ Moored off the coast of Arish on the north coast of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, the hospital is some 40 kilometers from Rafah, the southernmost city in the Gaza strip that now lies in ruins after Israel launched its ground operation there in May.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 10 July 2024
Public health officials are bracing for the virus to crop up in more temperate regions, including the southernmost portions of the United States.
—Rachel Roubein, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
This keeps the equatorial regions of the world, which get a disproportionate amount of solar radiation, from being unbearably hot, and the northernmost and southernmost regions from being unbearably cold.
—Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2024
Whataburger, a little hamburger stand that started in Texas and grew into a national chain, could be opening its southernmost location so far in Florida.
—James A. Jones Jr., Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
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Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 10 July 2024
Public health officials are bracing for the virus to crop up in more temperate regions, including the southernmost portions of the United States.
—Rachel Roubein, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
This keeps the equatorial regions of the world, which get a disproportionate amount of solar radiation, from being unbearably hot, and the northernmost and southernmost regions from being unbearably cold.
—Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2024
Whataburger, a little hamburger stand that started in Texas and grew into a national chain, could be opening its southernmost location so far in Florida.
—James A. Jones Jr., Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
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“Southernmost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southernmost. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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