northmost

[ nawrth-mohst or, especially British, -muhst ]

adjective

Origin of northmost

before 900; Old English northmest (not recorded in ME); see north, -most

The shorter diagonal, from northmost base of Ziscaberg to southmost of Hradschin, is perhaps a couple of miles.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVIII. (of XXI.) | Thomas Carlyle
Seymour, as the fast racer, was given the northmost route; Rolf took the middle.
Rolf In The Woods | Ernest Thompson Seton
The rocks we were so near running upon were off the northmost isle, which we named the Island of Deceit.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume X | Robert Kerr
(Um is the same in sound and sense with Ush the dawn, appearing from the eastern ridge of the northmost mountain).
The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, vol. 3 (of 4) part 2 (of 2) | Valmiki
They place it near the northmost of the two curtained columns.
Caesar and Cleopatra | George Bernard Shaw

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