Guldfaxe
Guldfaxe Gletscher
Kattertooq and Sehested Fjords map section
Map showing the location of Guldfaxe
Map showing the location of Guldfaxe
Location within Greenland
LocationGreenland
Coordinates63°13′N 42°30′W / 63.217°N 42.500°W / 63.217; -42.500
TerminusRimfaxe Glacier
Sehested Fjord,
North Atlantic Ocean

Guldfaxe (Danish: Guldfaxe Gletscher[1]) is a glacier of the King Frederick VI Coast area in the Sermersooq municipality, southeastern Greenland.

This glacier is named after Gullfaxi, the golden-maned horse of Norse mythology.

Geography

Guldfaxe is a large, active glacier flowing from the eastern side of the Greenland ice sheet.[2]

The Guldfaxe glacier flows roughly eastward between sharp nunataks and flows into the right side of the Rimfaxe Glacier shortly before its terminus in the Sehested Fjord.[3]

See also

References

  1. Den grønlandske Lods – Geodatastyrelsen Archived 2020-10-28 at the Wayback Machine p. 34
  2. GoogleEarth
  3. "Guldfaxe". GeoHack. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
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