Definition of "southernmost" [south•ern•most]

• Farthest south. (adjective)

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• "If you are pressed for time and cross in southernmost Texas, you can get to Mexico City in a day of hard driving (at least Texas colleagues of mine here in Mexico City do) and get to Acapulco four or five hours later (depending on the time of day you cross through Mexico City's traffic). franzenz"
• "The southernmost is the outer Himalayas, also known as the Siwaliks, which lies adjacent to the Indo-Gangetic Plain."
• "There are three prominent summits on the ridge; of these, the southernmost, which is lower than the other two, is now known as 'the"