Ytterby: The Tiny Swedish Island That Gave the Periodic Table 4 Elements

Ytterby: The Tiny Swedish Island That Gave the Periodic Table 4 Elements(slate.com)

14 points by theoneill 16 years ago | 6 comments

PassTheAmmo 16 years ago |

Didn't you mean to link to this article: http://www.slate.com/id/2258112/entry/2260782/

daivd 16 years ago |

Ytterby is not an island. It is a village _on_ an island: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ytterby

m_eiman 16 years ago | |

There are also several other places named "Ytterby", translated the name means something like "outer village". (I happen to live in one of the other ones :))

Pointless map of Ytterbys in Sweden: http://kartor.eniro.se/m/pBGRL

s-phi-nl 16 years ago | | |

Just out of curiosity would "Ytterboe" mean "from Ytterby"? I'm wondering because my college has a dorm named "Ytterboe".

lasonrisa 16 years ago |

John you might need to consider Ytterby for "The Geek Atlas II".