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

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

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

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

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

Nope, Ytterboe isn't swedish. "Person living in Ytterby" is "Ytterbybo", which is close but not quite the same.

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