Staniforth Range

Staniforth Range
Staniforth Range
Elevation	1,577 metres (5,174 ft)
Geography
Country	Papua New Guinea
State/Province	Gulf Province
Range coordinates	7°17′S145°42′E / 7.283°S 145.700°E Coordinates: 7°17′S145°42′E / 7.283°S 145.700°E

Last updated October 11, 2019

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]

Gulf Province is a province of Papua New Guinea located on the southern coast. The provincial capital is Kerema. The 34,472 km² province is dominated by mountains, lowland river deltas, and grassland flood plains, the Kikori, Turama, Purari and Vailala rivers all meet the sea known as the Papuan Gulf. The province has the second-smallest population of all the provinces of Papua New Guinea with 106,898 inhabitants. The province shares land borders with Western Province to the west, Southern Highlands, Chimbu, and Eastern Highlands to the north, Morobe Province to the east, and Central Province to the southeast.

Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea is a country in Oceania that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia. Its capital, located along its southeastern coast, is Port Moresby. The western half of New Guinea forms the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua. It is the world's 3rd largest island country with 462,840 km² (178,700 sq mi).

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]

The Papua Act 1905 was an act passed by the Parliament of Australia to transfer the territory of Papua from Britain to Australia. The long title of the Act was: An Act to provide for the acceptance of British New Guinea as a Territory under the authority of the Commonwealth, and for the Government thereof. It formally incorporated Papua as an external territory of Australia and remained in effect until Papua's merger with New Guinea with the passage of the Papua and New Guinea Act 1949.

Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of 209,331 km² (80,823 sq mi), it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island, and the ninth-largest island in the world. In 2011, Great Britain had a population of about 61 million people, making it the world's third-most populous island after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan. The island of Ireland is situated to the west of Great Britain, and together these islands, along with over 1,000 smaller surrounding islands, form the British Isles archipelago.

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east. The population of 26 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard. Australia's capital is Canberra, and its largest city is Sydney. The country's other major metropolitan areas are Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide.

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References

↑ Staniforth Range: Papua New Guinea National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
↑ Yeripa: Papua New Guinea National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
↑ Taripa Map
↑ Gibbney, H. J. Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University – via Australian Dictionary of Biography.
↑ Carr, Adam. "Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive". psephos.adam-carr.net.

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[1] Staniforth Range: Papua New Guinea National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA

[2] Yeripa: Papua New Guinea National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA

[3] Taripa Map

[4] Gibbney, H. J. Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University – via Australian Dictionary of Biography.

[5] Carr, Adam. "Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive". psephos.adam-carr.net.