westernmost
Most toward sunset
Westernmost describes whatever is farthest to the west in a given group or region.
It's the superlative form of western, used when comparing locations: Hawaii is the westernmost U.S. state.
The term typically appears in geographical contexts to identify the extreme western point of a landmass, archipelago, or political boundary.
America's frozen northwest
- Aleutian IslandsVolcanic arc below Bering Sea
- HawaiiPacific island state
- CaliforniaWest coast megastate
- PortugalIberian Peninsula republic
Galicia · Azores · Ireland · Iberia · Canary Islands · Madeira · Bering Strait · Nome
Outermost part or limit
- terminusFinal destination point
- edgeBoundary or sharpness
- limitMaximum allowed extent
- boundaryLine marking a limit
periphery · margin · fringe · outpost · tip · extent · endpoint · reach
Toward the occident
- southwesternOf the lower-left quadrant
- northwesternOf the upper-left region
- northwesternmostSituated at extreme upper-left
- southwesternmostFurthest in southwest direction
easternmost · southernmost · northernmost · cardinal · compass · orientation · bearing · heading
Alaska
America's frozen northwest
- Aleutian IslandsVolcanic arc below Bering Sea
- HawaiiPacific island state
- CaliforniaWest coast megastate
Portugal · Galicia · Azores · Ireland · Iberia · Canary Islands · Madeira · Bering Strait · Nome · Kodiak
extremity
Outermost part or limit
boundary · periphery · margin · fringe · outpost · tip · extent · endpoint · reach · confines
westwards
Toward the occident
- southwesternOf the lower-left quadrant
- northwesternOf the upper-left region
- northwesternmostSituated at extreme upper-left
southwesternmost · easternmost · southernmost · northernmost · cardinal · compass · orientation · bearing · heading
westernmosteasternmost
Farthest toward sunrise
eastern · easterly · east · northernmost · southernmost
west, western, westward, westerly, westerner, westerners, westerlies, westernize, westernized