Guldfaxe (glacier)

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Guldfaxe
Guldfaxe Gletscher
Kattertooq-ONC D-16.jpg
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; -42.500Coordinates: 63°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 p. 34
  2. ^ GoogleEarth
  3. ^ "Guldfaxe". GeoHack. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

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