Mount Sphinx
| Mount Sphinx | ||
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| height | 2285 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince de Ligne Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ S , 31 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Spinx ( French Mont Sphinx ) is a 2285 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It is the highest point of the Prince de Ligne Mountains and rises 15 km north of the Belgica Mountains .
Participants of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition in 1957/58 under the direction of Gaston de Gerlache de Gomery discovered him. De Gerlache named him after his figure, which is reminiscent of a sphinx . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names translated the name into English in 1965.
Web links
- Mount Sphinx in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Sphinx on geographic.org (English)