It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Hvalfangerselskapet Globus A/S, a Norwegian whaling company founded in 1924, which first used the plan patented by Petter Sorlle for processing whales in a factory ship fitted with a slipway.
The area was explored by the South Georgia Survey between 1951 and 1957. It was subsequently named after Hvalfangerselskapet Globus A/S, a Norwegian whaling company founded in 1924, which first employed the design patented by Petter Sorlle for processing whales on a factory ship with a slipway.