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Ketron Island
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English
+, Washington
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.
Proper noun
Ketron island
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en 2018-08-12 Sea-Tac officials, airlines to meet Monday to discuss security protocols after turboprop heist David Gutman;Mike Baker w:The Seattle Times https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/sea-tac-officials-airlines-to-meet-monday-to-discuss-security-protocols-after-turboprop-heist/ 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20180813113912/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/sea-tac-officials-airlines-to-meet-monday-to-discuss-security-protocols-after-turboprop-heist/
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