Staniforth Range is a mountain range located in Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea.Staniforth Range: Papua New Guinea National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA Yeripa and Taripa villages are the nearest populated places to the range.Yeripa: Papua New Guinea National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA Taripa Map
History The mountain range is named after Miles Staniforth Cater Smith, 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.
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