Giza Peak is a peak rising to about 600 m on the east side of the Fossil Bluff

Fossil Bluff

Fossil Bluff is a British Antarctic Survey forward operating station. The bluff is a collection of buildings and facilities, at the centre of which lies the hut....

 massif, Alexander Island

Alexander Island

Alexander Island or Alexander I Island or Alexander I Land or Alexander Land is the largest island of Antarctica, with an area of lying in the Bellingshausen Sea west of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Marguerite Bay and George VI Sound. Alexander Island lies off...

. For many years this peak was known to British Antarctic Survey

British Antarctic Survey

The British Antarctic Survey is the United Kingdom's national Antarctic operation and has an active role in Antarctic affairs. BAS is part of the Natural Environment Research Council and has over 400 staff. It operates five research stations, two ships and five aircraft in and around Antarctica....

 (BAS) workers as "Sphinx," a name already in use. To avoid duplication, the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1987 applied the name Giza Peak to this feature in reference to the site of the colossal statue at El Giza, Egypt.