# Sphinx (disambiguation)

A sphinx is a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion.
Sphinx or Sphynx may also refer to:

## In Egypt

* Great Sphinx of Giza, the giant Sphinx statue near the Great Pyramids
* Sphinx of Memphis, a stone sphinx located near the ruins of Memphis
* Sphinx International Airport, a public airport serving the city of Giza

## Geographic features
### Antarctica

* Mount Sphinx, in the Prince de Ligne Mountains, Queen Maud Land
* Sphinx Hill, King George Island, South Shetland Islands
* Sphinx Island, Graham Land
* Sphinx Mountain, in the Wohlthat Mountains, Queen Maud Land
* Sphinx Peak, Victoria Land

### Canada

* The Sphinx (British Columbia), a mountain in British Columbia
* Sphinx Dome, a lava dome in British Columbia

### Europe

* Sphinx (Romania), a natural rock formation in the Carpathian Mountains
* Sphinx (Scotland), meteorological feature in the Cairngorms
* Sphinx, a Turkish rock outcrop in ANZAC Cove

### United States

* The Sphinx (Kings Canyon National Park), in California
* The Sphinx (Wyoming), a mountain in the Wind River Range
* Sphinx Mountain (Madison County, Montana)

## Arts and entertainment
### Fictional entities

* Sphinx (Marvel Comics), two Marvel Comics characters
* S.P.H.I.N.X., an organization in The Venture Bros.
* The Sphinx, a character in the 1999 film Mystery Men
* Sphinx, a character in the TV series Mahō Sentai Magiranger

### Film and television

* The Sphinx (1916 film), an American lost silent film
* The Sphinx (1920 film), an Italian silent film
* The Sphinx (1933 film), an American film directed by Phil Rosen
* Sphinx (film), a 1981 American film adaptation of Robin Cook's novel (see below)
* "Sphinx" (Space Ghost Coast to Coast), a television episode
* "The Sphinx" (Extreme Ghostbusters), a television episode

### Literature and periodicals

* Sphinx (novel), a 1979 novel by Robin Cook
* The Sphinx (Aeschylus), a fragmentary satyr play in the Seven Against Thebes trilogy
* The Sphinx (magazine), a 1902–1953 magazine for magicians
* The Sphinx (poem), an 1894 poem by Oscar Wilde
* "The Sphinx", an 1846 short story by Edgar Allan Poe
* The Sphinx, a journal of Alpha Phi Alpha

### Music

* Sphynx (band), a 1990s American dance music act
* The Sphinx (album), a 2011 album, or the title song, by Sananda Maitreya (Terence Trent D'Arby)
* The Sphinx – Das Beste aus den Jahren 1976–1983, a 2006 album by Amanda Lear
* Sphynx (album), a 2003 album by Melechesh
* "The Sphinx" (song), a 1978 song by Amanda Lear
* Sphinx, a song by Gojira from their 2021 album Fortitude

### Other media

* Sphinx (Marc Quinn sculpture), a 2006 sculpture of Kate Moss
* Sphinx, a 1984 role-playing game
* The Sphinx, a 2013 sculpture produced by Banksy during the Better Out Than In residency in New York City

## Organisations

* Sphinx (senior society), a secret society at Dartmouth College
* Sphinx Senior Society, a senior society at the University of Pennsylvania
* Sphinx Organization, aiding the development of young Black and Latino classical musicians
* Sphinx Resources, a Canadian mining company
* Sphinx Systems, a Swiss firearms manufacturer

## Science and technology

* Sphinx (gene), a non-coding RNA in Drosophila
* Sphinx (moth), the common name of many moths in the family Sphingidae
** Sphinx (genus), a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae
* Sphinx (satellite), an American test satellite
* Sphynx cat, a breed of hairless cat
* Sphinx tiling, a geometric tiling using the "sphinx" hexiamond

### Computing

* Sphinx (documentation generator), a free, open-source, extensible documentation generator
* Sphinx (home automation system), a conceptual home environment designed in the Soviet Union in 1987
* Sphinx (search engine), an SQL full-text search engine
* CMU Sphinx, a free voice recognition engine from Carnegie Mellon University
* Sphinx, codename for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0; see History of Microsoft SQL Server

## Transport

* CSS Sphynx, later the Japanese ironclad Kōtetsu, a 19th-century warship
* HMS Sphinx, several ships of the Royal Navy
* French ship Sphinx, several ships of the French Navy
* La Mouette Sphinx, a French hang glider design

## Other uses

* Le Sphinx, a Paris brothel founded in 1931
* Sphinx Ting, Taiwanese actor and model
* Sphinx, a typeface produced by Deberny & Peignot
* Sphinx, a disc golf fairway driver by Infinite Discs
* Sphinx, a nickname for Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of United States
* Sphinx Observatory at the Jungfraujoch glacier saddle in Switzerland