Ketron Island

proper noun

An island and census-designated place in Pierce County, Washington, United States.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. 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

Origin

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.

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APA

Ketron Island. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ketron%20Island

MLA

“Ketron Island.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ketron%20Island. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ketron Island,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ketron%20Island.

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