Sawyer Glacier, also called North Sawyer Glacier, starts in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia at an elevation of about 6,600 feet (2,012 m) and flows generally west for 14 miles (23 km) to the Alaska border at an elevation of 3,600 feet (1,097 m) and then another 7 miles (11 km) to a terminus at sea level in Tracy Arm, about 78 miles (126 km) north of Petersburg and 53 miles (85 km) southeast of Juneau, Alaska.