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[[File:Groves-Island.png|350px|thumb|Map showing Groves Island]]
'''Groves Island''' is an [[ice]]-covered island 9 kilometers (5 nmi) long, lying close off the coast of [[Westarctica]], between [[Siemiatkowski Glacier]] and [[Land Glacier]] in [[Land Bay]].

The tiny 45 meter high Burnette Rock is a few meters north of the island.

==Discovery and name==
Groves Island was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos (1959–65), and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Benjamin F. Groves, a meteorologist at [[Byrd Station]] in 1964.

==Noble title==
Rebecca Lorene Wilcomes was granted the [[Hereditary Nobility of Westarctica|Hereditary Title]] Baroness of Groves on 15 October 2015 in recognition of her support of Westarctica. The title was named for this island.

[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]
[[Category:Islands]]

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