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Rocky Point (Puerto Penasco): What is Rocky Point?
A beautiful seaside community in Mexico
Rocky Point is the name or nickname that was given to Puerto Peñasco. A Tourist Destination in northwestern Mexico in the state of Sonora. Rocky Point was named by a visitor, who was a retired lieutenant of the Royal Navy of Britain in the late nineteenth century. Lieutenant William Hale Hardy arrived in Puerto Peñasco in search of precious metals and found a beautiful place in the dunes overlooking the Sea of Cortez. Since then Puerto Peñasco is also known as Rocky Point. To learn more about Puerto Peñasco you can click on our special page for What is Puerto Peñasco?