Sally and Jerome Poncet are residents on an archipelago located how far from South America's southern Patagonian coast ?
Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands ( ; Spanish: "Islas Malvinas" , ] ) are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about 300 mi east of South America's southern Patagonian coast, at a latitude of about 52°S. The archipelago, with an area of 4700 sqmi , comprises East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 smaller islands. As a British overseas territory, the Falklands have internal self-governance, and the United Kingdom takes responsibility for their defence and foreign affairs. The islands' capital is Stanley on East Falkland.
Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego Tierra del Fuego—literally "Land of the Fire", formerly "Isla de Xativa" and also known as Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego—is an island near the southern tip of South America from which it is separated by the Strait of Magellan. The western portion (61.43%) of the island (29,484.7 km2 ) is in Chile (Province of Tierra del Fuego and Antártica Chilena Province), while the eastern portion (38.57%, 18,507.3 km2 ) is in Argentina (Tierra del Fuego Province). It forms the major landmass in an extended group of islands or archipelago also known as Tierra del Fuego.