Ketron Island en · PROPN
Etymology
The island was named "Kittson Island" (after Hudson's Bay Company employee William Kittson) by Charles Wilkes during the Wilkes Expedition of 1838–1842, but his cartographers made an error.
Meanings
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An island and census-designated place in Pierce County, Washington, United States.
In a Saturday news release, NORAD said the fighters were working to redirect the turboprop west, out over the Pacific Ocean, before it crashed on Ketron Island.
2018 August 12, David Gutman, Mike Baker, “Sea-Tac officials, airlines to meet Monday to discuss security protocols after turboprop heist”, in The Seattle Times, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2018: