| Language of origin | Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Na-Dene language family Tāłtān language |
| Feature Type: | Mountain - Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W of junction of Spatsizi River and Buckinghorse Creek in Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park, Cassiar Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 57°26'57"N, 128°38'29"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104H/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 4 January 1978 on 104H. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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A Tahltan word meaning "man and goat." This pointed summit is distinct and separate from the rest of the mountain mass, and resembles a man and a goat when viewed from a distance. According to legend, a man climbed the rock to kill a goat, and when he was unsuccessful his curses rang throughout the valley; as a consequence, both man and goat were turned to stone. (from "Spatsizi & Tatlatui Wilderness Parks" by Parks Branch) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Labelled "Horn Mtn" on BC map 1H, 1917. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |