members of the Western Australian Museum. Gun Island is classified as having "High" conservation significance and is one of the seven protected zones in the Abrolhos Islands. Protected zone restrictions mean that "visitors shall not carry out any digging or major earthworks within the zones around declared maritime archaeological sites unless permitted to do so", and that they shall also not take metal detecting devices onto the island. A -wide rock called Gun Islet is about off the southern tip of the island. References Pelsaert Group Important Bird Areas of Western Australia