Tahltan Highland
Feature Type:Highland - Area of elevated relief, not as high or rugged as a range of mountains or as level as a plateau.
Status: Official
Name Authority: BC Geographical Names Office
Relative Location: W side of Stikine River, W of Telegraph Creek (community), Cassiar Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 57°58'59"N, 131°30'06"W at the approximate centre of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 104G/13
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Origin Notes and History:

Adopted 12 December 1978 on 104G; so-named because Tahltan River is near the centre of this physiographic area.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office