Guldfaxe (glacier)

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

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
TerminusRimfaxe Glacier
Sehested Fjord,
North Atlantic Ocean

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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