title: Skinfaxe (glacier)
text: # Skinfaxe (glacier)
  
  Skinfaxe (Danish: Skinfaxe Gletscher) is a glacier of the King Frederick VI Coast in the Sermersooq municipality, southeastern Greenland.
  
  This glacier is named after Skinfaxi, the cosmic horse of Norse mythology.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Skinfaxe is a large, active glacier located on the eastern side of the Greenland ice sheet.
  
  The Skinfaxe glacier flows roughly southeastward and has its terminus in the Kattertooq fjord shortly after its confluence with the Tjasse Glacier that joins it from the west.
  
  