Tjasse ( da, Tjasses Gletscher
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This glacier is named after Þjazi, the powerful storm giant of Norse mythology
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Geography
Tjasse is a broad glacier that flows roughly southeastward east of the smaller Ygdrasil
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glacier. Shortly after bending in an eastward direction it joins the right side of the Skinfaxe Glacier before its terminus in the Kattertooq fjord.
See also
* List of glaciers in Greenland
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References
External links
Vulnerability of Southeast Greenland Glaciers to Warm Atlantic Water From Operation IceBridge and Ocean Melting Greenland Data
Glaciers of Greenland
Sermersooq
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