Note: Gloup is common in Scottish placenames referring to a sea jet.

It lends its name to nearby island of Gloup Holm.

These names derive from the Old Norse for a ravine.

[1] In 20/21 July 1881, the Gloup Fishing Disaster occurred, in which 58 fishermen were killed by an unexpected summer storm coming from the direction of Iceland.

In 1981, a hundred years after the event a memorial was erected to commemorate the victims.