# Mount Sphinx

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This article is about the peak in the Ligne Mountains, Antarctica. For other mountains, see [Sphinx (disambiguation)](/source/Sphinx_(disambiguation)).

**Mount Sphinx** is a [mountain](/source/Mountain) rising to 2,200 m, the culminating [peak](/source/Summit_(topography)) of the Prince de [Ligne Mountains](/source/Ligne_Mountains), standing 9 nautical miles (17 km) north of the [Belgica Mountains](/source/Belgica_Mountains). Discovered by [Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58](/source/Belgian_Antarctic_Expedition,_1957-58), under G. de Gerlache, who named it for its characteristic form resembling a sphinx.

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