diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1ff7720..1c80343 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ Options:
       --version                Show version number                     [boolean]
   -i, --input                  GeoPackage file                          [string]
   -o, --output                 Output quads file                        [string]
-      --bounding-box           Limit features to bounding box           [string]
-      --bounding-box-crs       Coordinate Reference System code         [string]
+      --bbox                   Limit features to bounding box           [string]
+      --bbox-crs               Coordinate Reference System code         [string]
       --only-layers            Only output named feature layers and attribute ta
                                bles                                      [array]
       --base-iri               Base IRI                                 [string]
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ Options:
 
 ## Options
 
-Limit **large GeoPackages** with `--bounding-box`.
+Limit **large GeoPackages** with `--bbox`.
 Supply a space separated list of coordinates as a string to limit the Features returned.
-Provide the bounding box as WGS84 (GeoJSON default) or supply a CRS code (lookup via EPSG.io) or Projection WKT with `--bounding-box-crs`.
+Provide the bounding box as WGS84 (GeoJSON default) or supply a CRS code (lookup via EPSG.io) or Projection WKT with `--bbox-crs`.
 
 You can also **limit** which feature **layers** (or attribute tables) are output with `--only-layers`.
 **NULL values** are never output and **binary values** are skipped, unless `--include-binary-values` is provided.
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ That Geometry in turn has a `geo:asGeoJSON` and `geo:asWKT` representations of t
 
 Column metadata is very limited and most values are not typed properly.
 Example data abridged [from NGA][example.gpkg]:
-the table `media`is a feature table, `nga_properties` is an attribute table.
+the table `media` is a feature table, `nga_properties` is an attribute table.
 
 ```trig
 xyz:media {
diff --git a/src/bounding-box.ts b/src/bounding-box.ts
index 462d7b1..89f500b 100644
--- a/src/bounding-box.ts
+++ b/src/bounding-box.ts
@@ -42,20 +42,61 @@ export async function getWGS84Converter(
   }
 }
 
-export function suppliedBoundingBox(
+function spaceSepBbox(
+  bbstring: string,
+  srs: proj4.Converter | string,
+): BoundingBox {
+  const [west, east, south, north] = bbstring
+    .split(" ", 4)
+    .map((c) => Number(c));
+  const bb = new BoundingBox(west, east, south, north);
+  return bb.projectBoundingBox(srs, WGS84_CODE);
+}
+
+function commaSepBbox(
   bbstring: string,
-  inCRS: proj4.Converter | string,
-) {
+  srs: proj4.Converter | string,
+): BoundingBox {
+  const parts = bbstring.split(",");
+  let west: string,
+    east: string,
+    __1: string,
+    south: string,
+    north: string,
+    __2: string;
+  if (parts.length == 4) [west, east, south, north] = parts;
+  else [west, east, __1, south, north, __2] = parts;
+
+  const bb = new BoundingBox(
+    Number(west),
+    Number(east),
+    Number(south),
+    Number(north),
+  );
+  return bb.projectBoundingBox(srs, WGS84_CODE);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Convert a supplied bbox definition string to a {BoundingBox}.
+ *
+ * There are two types of bbox definition strings:
+ * 1. Four parts, space separated (deprecated)
+ * 2. Four or six parts, comma separated. (3rd axis ignored)
+ *
+ * @param bboxString Bouding box provided string
+ * @param srs The SRS in which to interpret this bboxstring
+ */
+export function suppliedBoundingBox(
+  bboxString: string,
+  srs: proj4.Converter | string,
+): BoundingBox {
   try {
-    const [west, east, south, north] = bbstring
-      .split(" ", 4)
-      .map((c) => Number(c));
-    const bb = new BoundingBox(west, east, south, north);
-    return bb.projectBoundingBox(inCRS, WGS84_CODE);
+    if (bboxString.includes(" ")) return spaceSepBbox(bboxString, srs);
+    return commaSepBbox(bboxString, srs);
   } catch (e) {
     Bye(
-      `Bounding box could not be parsed. Provide as a single space-separated string:`,
-      `"{min long (west)} {max long (east)} {min lat (south)} {max lat (north)}".`,
+      `Bounding box could not be parsed. Provide a single comma-separated string:`,
+      `"{min long (west)},{max long (east)},{min lat (south)},{max lat (north)}".`,
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index 5b52f89..51b868d 100644
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ async function cli() {
     })
     .option("output", { alias: "o", type: "string", desc: "Output quads file" })
     .normalize(["input", "output"])
-    .option("bounding-box", {
+    .option("bbox", {
       type: "string",
       desc: "Limit features to bounding box",
     })
-    .option("bounding-box-crs", {
+    .option("bbox-crs", {
       type: "string",
       desc: `Coordinate Reference System code`,
     })
@@ -87,11 +87,11 @@ async function cli() {
   // If there's a bounding box CRS defined, first check if we can parse it.
   // This is less expensive than converting quads etc.
   // TODO: Can we remove this reference to WGS84?
-  const bboxConverter = argv.boundingBoxCrs
-    ? await getWGS84Converter(argv.boundingBoxCrs)
+  const bboxConverter = argv.bboxCrs
+    ? await getWGS84Converter(argv.bboxCrs)
     : await getWGS84Converter(WGS84_CODE);
-  const boundingBox = argv.boundingBox
-    ? suppliedBoundingBox(argv.boundingBox, bboxConverter)
+  const boundingBox = argv.bbox
+    ? suppliedBoundingBox(argv.bbox, bboxConverter)
     : undefined;
 
   // If there's a target file, open a write stream and determine the mimetype off of it.