Staniforth Range is a mountain range located in Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea. Yeripa and Taripa villages are the nearest populated places to the range.

History

The mountain range is named after

Miles Staniforth Cater Smith Miles Staniforth Cater Smith, (25 February 1869 – 14 January 1934) was an Australian politician, public servant and explorer. He served as a Senator for Western Australia from 1901 to 1906 and was later a senior public servant in the T ...

, an Australian politician who played a role in the passing of the Papua Act 1905 which saw the transfer of the territory of Papua from Britain to

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

References

{{reflist Mountain ranges of Papua New Guinea