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. The location was subsequently named in recognition of Hvalfangerselskapet Globus A/S, a Norwegian whaling company that pioneered whale processing technology using Petter Sorlle's patented design on a factory ship equipped with a slipway.