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Later arrivals by other Portuguese explorers revealed it to be the southeasternmost island of the Azores archipelago, which lies about 1368 kilometers west of Portugal’s coast.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 3, 2021

Andrade is a small community in southeasternmost California where the state meets with Arizona and Mexico.

From Fox News • Mar. 18, 2021

As an added incentive, very little is known about the subspecies of Gambel’s that is here at the southeasternmost corner of their distribution: Callipepla gambelii stephensi.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2011

It was likely to pass within 10 miles of Delaware's southeasternmost corner and make a brief landfall along New Jersey's barrier islands before slamming into Long Island and New England, it said.

From Reuters • Aug. 28, 2011

Distribution of Peromyscus boylii in Kansas The subspecies Peromyscus boylii attwateri is known in the state only from Cherokee County, the southeasternmost county in the state.

From Natural History of the Brush Mouse (Peromyscus boylii) in Kansas With Description of a New Subspecies by Long, Charles A.