Cabo de la Huerta lies northeast of Alicante Bay, between the beaches of Albufereta and San Juan. Its name comes from the now-lost Alicante farmland, which was irrigated by water from the Monnegre river. After the Embalse de Tibi was built in the late 16th century, irrigation expanded using a system of canals, reaching nearby areas like La Condomina. However, this cape was originally known as l’Alcodre, from the Arabic al-kodra, meaning “the green,” which eventually evolved into its current name.

Geologically, the rocky substrate of the Cabo de la Huerta is composed of yellowish sandstones deposited about 8 million years ago (Upper Miocene) on a shallow marine continental shelf. They contain fossils of sea urchins and bivalves, with trace fossils being very common. Above the Miocene sandstones, horizontal layers of Quaternary micro-conglomerates can be seen in some areas. These are remnants of a marine terrace, considered a “fossil beach” from about 100,000 years ago.