diff --git a/r/geoarrow/R/handle.R b/r/geoarrow/R/handle.R
index 25e10f2c..9601ab51 100644
--- a/r/geoarrow/R/handle.R
+++ b/r/geoarrow/R/handle.R
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-geoarrow_handle_wk <- function(x, handler, size = NA_integer_) {
+geoarrow_handle <- function(x, handler, size = NA_integer_) {
   stream <- as_geoarrow_array_stream(x)
   handler <- wk::as_wk_handler(handler)
 
diff --git a/r/geoarrow/tests/testthat/test-handle.R b/r/geoarrow/tests/testthat/test-handle.R
index ba5f03ec..f8d85537 100644
--- a/r/geoarrow/tests/testthat/test-handle.R
+++ b/r/geoarrow/tests/testthat/test-handle.R
@@ -1,4 +1,22 @@
 
-test_that("wk handler works", {
-  geoarrow_handle_wk(wk::xy(0, 1), wk::wk_debug_filter())
+test_that("handler works on geoarrow.point", {
+  expect_identical(
+    geoarrow_handle(wk::xy(0:1999, 1:2000), wk::xy_writer()),
+    wk::xy(0:1999, 1:2000)
+  )
+
+  expect_identical(
+    geoarrow_handle(wk::xyz(0, 1, 2), wk::xy_writer()),
+    wk::xyz(0, 1, 2)
+  )
+
+  expect_identical(
+    geoarrow_handle(wk::xym(0, 1, 3), wk::xy_writer()),
+    wk::xym(0, 1, 3)
+  )
+
+  expect_identical(
+    geoarrow_handle(wk::xyzm(0, 1, 2, 3), wk::xy_writer()),
+    wk::xyzm(0, 1, 2, 3)
+  )
 })