Guns Island is small, uninhabited plateau island, 200 miles south west of the coast of Ireland in the Atlantic Ocean. The island is surrounded by large rocky sea cliffs and freezing cold sea. The island is made up of large grassy fields and rocky caves and the island is an important nesting site for a third of the world's gannets population during the summer. Located in the sea bed around the island are large natural gas reserves, which would be very valuable.