Guldfaxe (glacier)
| Guldfaxe | |
|---|---|
| Guldfaxe Gletscher | |
 Kattertooq and Sehested Fjords map section | |
  Location within Greenland | |
| Location | Greenland |
| Coordinates | 63°13′N 42°30′W / 63.217°N 42.500°W |
| Terminus | Rimfaxe 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
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Den grønlandske Lods – Geodatastyrelsen Archived 2020-10-28 at the Wayback Machine p. 34
- ^ GoogleEarth
- ^ "Guldfaxe". GeoHack. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
External links
[edit]- Vulnerability of Southeast Greenland Glaciers to Warm Atlantic Water From Operation IceBridge and Ocean Melting Greenland Data
- Guldfaxe Glacier, NASA
- Rimfaxe and Guldfaxe Glaciers – NASA, Operation IceBridge
- Figure S21. Aerial images recorded in the latter half of World War II
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