southernmost

adjective

south·​ern·​most ˈsə-t͟hərn-ˌmōst 

: furthest to the south

… the world's southernmost range of polar bears …

—Will Ferguson

By 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

Examples of southernmost in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The church and school are located right at the very southernmost border of the city and adjacent to south suburban Riverdale and Dolton. —Adam Harrington, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026

Key West, the southernmost city in the continental United States, owes a great deal of its history, culinary traditions, and culture to the nearby island of Cuba. —Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2026

Apart from previous participants from Israel, eliminated Cypriot side Pafos are the southernmost team to qualify in the tournament’s history. —Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026

The Southwest: This region includes desert climate zones in the southernmost parts of California, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico. —Peg Aloi, The Spruce, 17 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1591, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for southernmost

• diagnosed
• easternmost
• innermost
• lowermost
• milepost
• northernmost
• outermost
• rearmost
• uppermost
• uttermost
• westernmost
• almost