eastmost

Closest to sunrise

Eastmost means farthest to the east, the superlative form of east.

It describes the position of something at the extreme eastern edge of a group or region: the eastmost island in the chain, the eastmost point of the continent.

Easternmost is more common in contemporary usage.

boundary

farthest

Most distant point

periphery · limit · terminus · frontier · margin · border · extent · reach · endpoint · perimeter

geographic

Asia

Largest continental landmass

dawn · horizon · seaboard · coastline · peninsula · archipelago

direction

compass

Device showing cardinal directions

orientation · longitude · latitude · meridian · waypoint · heading · coordinate · cardinal · map · cartography

Opposites
cardinal direction extremity

eastmostwestmost

Farthest toward sunset

westernmost · west · westerly · westward

Family

most, east, utmost, foremost, eastern, southeast, northeast, eastward, easterly

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