Ytterby

For the village in England, see Itterby.
Ytterby quarry
Terbiumvägen (Terbium Road) and Gruvvägen (Mine Road) close to the Ytterby mine (59°25′35″N 18°21′13″E / 59.4265°N 18.3535°E / 59.4265; 18.3535 (Ytterby mine))

Ytterby (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈʏ̂tːɛrˌbyː]) is a village on the Swedish island of Resarö, in Vaxholm Municipality in the Stockholm archipelago. Today the residential area is dominated by suburban homes.[1]

The name of the village translates to "outer village".[2] Ytterby is most famous for being the single richest source of elemental discoveries in the world; the chemical elements yttrium (Y), terbium (Tb), erbium (Er), and ytterbium (Yb) are all named after Ytterby, and five more elements were also first discovered there.

Local roads connect Ytterby to county road 274 [sv] and hence the mainland. Except for the winter months, passenger ships of the Waxholmsbolaget call at a pier in Ytterby, providing a connection to Vaxholm town and Stockholm.[1][3][4][5]

  1. ^ a b "Interactive map - Resarö". hitta.se. Archived from the original on 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Emsley was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Vaxholms broar" [Vaxholm's bridges]. Upplevvaxholm.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 26 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Ferry Network Map" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Ytterby". Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.