Hello, I am going to be visiting some family in Iceland. Would you be able to help me out on some background information about the country before I go? 
 Of course! Iceland is an island country in the North Atlantic, between Greenland and Norway, formerly a possession of Denmark. It is culturally considered to be a part of Europe. 
 How interesting! Can you tell me more about the geography? 
 Sure! Iceland is the world's 18th largest island and Europe's second largest island after Great Britain. Island has an area of 103,000 kn2. 
 Are there any other islands surrounding Iceland? 
 Iceland is about 301 km east of Greenland and 1001 km west of Norway. 
 Nice … what can you tell me about the etymology of Iceland? 
 I don't have that information yet, but I can tell you that there are about 30 minor islands in Iceland, included the highly populated Grimsey and the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago. 
 how about anything on the language there? 
 Icelandic is the official language of Iceland. 
 Thank you very much! 
 You're so welcome!
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