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
Location within Greenland
Location	Greenland
Coordinates	63°13′N 42°30′W
Terminus	Rimfaxe 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

• List of glaciers in Greenland
• Skinfaxe (glacier)