Sosúa is along the Sosúa Bay, a small bay with two headlands: to the east is "Punta Sosúa" ("punta" is a Spanish word that means, in this case, a headland) that was named as "Punta Seca" ("Dry headland") by Columbus in his first visit to the island; and to the west is "Punta Payne", in front of the Sosúa Beach.