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Staniforth Range
Mountain range in Papua New Guinea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Staniforth Range is a mountain range located in Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea.[1] Yeripa and Taripa villages are the nearest populated places to the range.[2][3]
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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.[4][5]
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