Tjasse Glacier

Glacier in South-eastern Greenland

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

This glacier is named after Þjazi, the powerful storm giant of Norse mythology.

Geography

Tjasse is a broad glacier that flows roughly southeastward east of the smaller Ygdrasil glacier. Shortly after bending in an eastward direction it joins the right side of the Skinfaxe Glacier before its terminus in the Kattertooq fjord.^[2]

See also

• List of glaciers in Greenland
• Rimfaxe (glacier)

References

1. Den grønlandske Lods – Geodatastyrelsen p. 34
2. "Tjasses Gletscher". GeoHack. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

External links

• Vulnerability of Southeast Greenland Glaciers to Warm Atlantic Water From Operation IceBridge and Ocean Melting Greenland Data