Landmark· Tracy Arm· Alaska Southeast — Juneau, Endicott Arm & Icy Strait
Sawyer Glaciers (Head of Tracy Arm)
57° 54.3′ N · 133° 12.6′ W · approximate
The twin North and South Sawyer glaciers sit at the head of Tracy Arm, around Sawyer Island. South Sawyer still calves into the fjord; a 2024 cruiser's account says North Sawyer is no longer a tidewater glacier.
Practical
Position is approximate, in the fjord near Sawyer Island, well short of the ice. This is the area of the August 2025 landslide and tsunami; SailSpo advises against routing a private boat to the Sawyer glaciers while the slope is unstable (see Lower Tracy Arm). Even in normal conditions, the National Park Service advises small boats to stay at least half a mile from a glacier terminus and notes that falling ice can still make large waves at that distance (Kenai Fjords guidance; no equivalent official rule was found for Tracy Arm). Landing near the glaciers is not recommended.
Best for
Reference only; not recommended for routing
Season
Landslide risk year-round
Nearby
- Lower Tracy Arm6.1 NM away
- Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness11.2 NM away
- Tracy Arm Cove (Holkham Bay)11.9 NM away
- Williams Cove (Holkham Bay)13.6 NM away
- Fords Terror Narrows and Inner Basin14.4 NM away
- Holkham Bay (Tracy Arm and Endicott Arm Entrance)16.3 NM away
- Endicott Arm (to Dawes Glacier)16.7 NM away
- Fords Terror Outer Anchorage (Endicott Arm)17.7 NM away
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