Fenris Glacier () is a

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in the

Sermersooq Sermersooq () is a municipality in Greenland, formed on 1 January 2009 from five previous, smaller municipalities. Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk (formerly called Godthåb), the capital of Greenland, and it is the most populous ...

municipality, Eastern

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. This glacier is named after Fenris (Fenrir), the mighty

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Geography

The Fenris Glacier is located on the eastern side of the

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, forming the boundary of the western and southwestern area of

Schweizerland Schweizerland, also known as Schweizerland Alps, is a mountain range in King Christian IX Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Sermersooq Municipality.Google Earth Its highest point is one of the highest peaks in G ...

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It flows roughly southwards from the area of Gaule Bjerg, west of the

Midgard Glacier Midgard Glacier () is a glacier in the Sermersooq municipality, Eastern Greenland. This glacier is named after Midgard, one of the Nine Worlds in Norse mythology. Geography The Midgard Glacier is located on the eastern side of the Greenland ice ...

and northeast of the

Helheim Glacier Helheim Glacier is a glacier in the Sermersooq municipality, Eastern Greenland. This glacier's name is derived from "Helheim", a modern term for a world of the dead in Old Norse religion: Hel. Geography The Helheim Glacier is located on the ea ...

. Its terminus is at the mouth of the Ningerti, one of the northernmost branches of

Sermilik Sermilik () is a fjord in eastern Greenland. It is part of the Sermersooq municipality. The settlement of Tasiilaq is located about 15 km to the east of the mouth of the fjord. Geography This fjord, whose Greenlandic name 'Sermilik' ...

''(Egede og Rothes Fjord)'', a large fjord system.

References

External links

TC - Freshwater flux to Sermilik Fjord, SE Greenland

Fenris Glacier, Southeast Greenland on Vimeo
Glaciers of Greenland Sermersooq {{Greenland-glacier-stub

Geography

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