diff --git a/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/iso19139/read-parts.spec.ts b/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/iso19139/read-parts.spec.ts
index b03c8b89a..5cb02ae3a 100644
--- a/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/iso19139/read-parts.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/iso19139/read-parts.spec.ts
@@ -635,6 +635,27 @@ describe('read parts', () => {
           ])
         })
       })
+      describe('one empty spatial extent', () => {
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          const spatialExtent = getRootElement(
+            parseXmlString(`
+<gmd:geographicElement>
+  <gmd:EX_BoundingPolygon>
+    <gmd:polygon/>
+  </gmd:EX_BoundingPolygon>
+</gmd:geographicElement>`)
+          )
+          pipe(
+            findIdentification(),
+            findNestedElement('gmd:extent', 'gmd:EX_Extent'),
+            removeChildrenByName('gmd:geographicElement'),
+            appendChildren(() => spatialExtent)
+          )(recordRootEl)
+        })
+        it('returns an empty array', () => {
+          expect(readSpatialExtents(recordRootEl)).toEqual([])
+        })
+      })
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/iso19139/read-parts.ts b/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/iso19139/read-parts.ts
index 6785e9a29..8581fcf33 100644
--- a/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/iso19139/read-parts.ts
+++ b/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/iso19139/read-parts.ts
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ export function readSpatialExtents(rootEl: XmlElement) {
     return pipe(
       findChildElement('gmd:polygon', false),
       firstChildElement,
-      map((el) => readGeometry(el))
+      map((el) => (el ? readGeometry(el) : null))
     )(rootEl)
   }
 
@@ -1087,6 +1087,9 @@ export function readSpatialExtents(rootEl: XmlElement) {
         )
       )
     ),
+    filterArray(
+      ([geometry, bbox, [description]]) => !!geometry || !!bbox || !!description
+    ),
     mapArray(([geometry, bbox, [description, translations]]) => {
       return {
         ...(geometry && { geometry }),