diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/BaseTypes/Bounds.js b/lib/OpenLayers/BaseTypes/Bounds.js
index 46b992961d..5a527ca02a 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/BaseTypes/Bounds.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/BaseTypes/Bounds.js
@@ -359,7 +359,8 @@ OpenLayers.Bounds = OpenLayers.Class({
      * APIMethod: containsLonLat
      * 
      * Parameters:
-     * ll - {<OpenLayers.LonLat>}
+     * ll - {<OpenLayers.LonLat>|Object} OpenLayers.LonLat or an
+     *     object with a 'lon' and 'lat' properties.
      * options - {Object} Optional parameters
      *
      * Acceptable options:
@@ -382,13 +383,12 @@ OpenLayers.Bounds = OpenLayers.Class({
             worldBounds = options.worldBounds;
         if (worldBounds && !contains) {
             var worldWidth = worldBounds.getWidth();
-            ll = ll.clone();
             var worldCenterX = (worldBounds.left + worldBounds.right) / 2;
             var worldsAway = Math.round((ll.lon - worldCenterX) / worldWidth);
-            ll.lon -= (worldsAway * worldWidth);
-            contains = this.containsLonLat(
-                ll, {inclusive: options.inclusive}
-            );
+            contains = this.containsLonLat({
+                lon: ll.lon - worldsAway * worldWidth,
+                lat: ll.lat
+            }, {inclusive: options.inclusive});
         }
         return contains;
     },
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Feature/Vector.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Feature/Vector.js
index 75dd5ff20d..27928a2b47 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Feature/Vector.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Feature/Vector.js
@@ -267,7 +267,8 @@ OpenLayers.Feature.Vector = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Feature, {
      * Determins whether the feature intersects with the specified location.
      * 
      * Parameters: 
-     * lonlat - {<OpenLayers.LonLat>} 
+     * lonlat - {<OpenLayers.LonLat>|Object} OpenLayers.LonLat or an
+     *     object with a 'lon' and 'lat' properties.
      * toleranceLon - {float} Optional tolerance in Geometric Coords
      * toleranceLat - {float} Optional tolerance in Geographic Coords
      * 
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Geometry.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Geometry.js
index 888f73b83e..f199e3fa35 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Geometry.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Geometry.js
@@ -176,7 +176,8 @@ OpenLayers.Geometry = OpenLayers.Class({
      * geometry.
      * 
      * Parameters:
-     * lonlat - {<OpenLayers.LonLat>} 
+     * lonlat - {<OpenLayers.LonLat>|Object} OpenLayers.LonLat or an
+     *     object with a 'lon' and 'lat' properties.
      * toleranceLon - {float} Optional tolerance in Geometric Coords
      * toleranceLat - {float} Optional tolerance in Geographic Coords
      *