diff --git a/src/ol/parser/ogc/gmlparser_v2.js b/src/ol/parser/ogc/gmlparser_v2.js
index cdc7799745..bf548f3e38 100644
--- a/src/ol/parser/ogc/gmlparser_v2.js
+++ b/src/ol/parser/ogc/gmlparser_v2.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ goog.provide('ol.parser.ogc.GML_v2');
 
 goog.require('goog.array');
 goog.require('goog.object');
+goog.require('ol.extent');
 goog.require('ol.parser.ogc.GML');
 
 
@@ -35,8 +36,7 @@ ol.parser.ogc.GML_v2 = function(opt_options) {
           [node, coordinates, container]);
       this.readChildNodes(node, coordinates);
       container.projection = node.getAttribute('srsName');
-      container.bounds = [coordinates[0][0][0], coordinates[0][1][0],
-        coordinates[0][0][1], coordinates[0][1][1]];
+      container.bounds = ol.extent.clone(coordinates[0]);
     }
   });
   goog.object.extend(this.writers['http://www.opengis.net/gml'], {
@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@ ol.parser.ogc.GML_v2 = function(opt_options) {
     },
     'Box': function(extent) {
       var node = this.createElementNS('gml:Box');
-      this.writeNode('coordinates', [[extent[0], extent[1]],
-            [extent[2], extent[3]]], null, node);
+      this.writeNode('coordinates', extent, null, node);
       // srsName attribute is optional for gml:Box
       if (goog.isDefAndNotNull(this.srsName)) {
         node.setAttribute('srsName', this.srsName);
diff --git a/src/ol/parser/ogc/gmlparser_v3.js b/src/ol/parser/ogc/gmlparser_v3.js
index aa329335f9..b783f9be71 100644
--- a/src/ol/parser/ogc/gmlparser_v3.js
+++ b/src/ol/parser/ogc/gmlparser_v3.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ goog.provide('ol.parser.ogc.GML_v3');
 goog.require('goog.array');
 goog.require('goog.functions');
 goog.require('goog.object');
+goog.require('ol.extent');
 goog.require('ol.geom.GeometryType');
 goog.require('ol.parser.ogc.GML');
 
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ ol.parser.ogc.GML_v3 = function(opt_options) {
         if (coords.length === 2) {
           obj.push([coords.reverse()]);
         } else if (coords.length === 3) {
-          obj.push([coords[1], coords[0], coords[2]]);
+          obj.push([[coords[1], coords[0], coords[2]]]);
         }
       }
     },
@@ -215,20 +216,19 @@ ol.parser.ogc.GML_v3 = function(opt_options) {
           [node, coordinates, container]);
       this.readChildNodes(node, coordinates);
       container.projection = node.getAttribute('srsName');
-      container.bounds = [coordinates[0][0][0][0], coordinates[1][0][0][0],
-        coordinates[0][0][0][1], coordinates[1][0][0][1]];
+      container.bounds = ol.extent.clone(coordinates);
     },
     'lowerCorner': function(node, envelope) {
       var coordinates = [];
       this.readers[this.defaultNamespaceURI]['pos'].apply(this,
           [node, coordinates]);
-      envelope.push(coordinates);
+      envelope.push(coordinates[0][0]);
     },
     'upperCorner': function(node, envelope) {
       var coordinates = [];
       this.readers[this.defaultNamespaceURI]['pos'].apply(this,
           [node, coordinates]);
-      envelope.push(coordinates);
+      envelope.push(coordinates[0][0]);
     }
   });
   goog.object.extend(this.writers['http://www.opengis.net/gml'], {
@@ -391,9 +391,9 @@ ol.parser.ogc.GML_v3 = function(opt_options) {
       // only 2d for simple features profile
       var pos;
       if (this.axisOrientation.substr(0, 2) === 'en') {
-        pos = (bounds[0] + ' ' + bounds[2]);
+        pos = (bounds[0][0] + ' ' + bounds[0][1]);
       } else {
-        pos = (bounds[2] + ' ' + bounds[0]);
+        pos = (bounds[0][1] + ' ' + bounds[0][0]);
       }
       var node = this.createElementNS('gml:lowerCorner');
       node.appendChild(this.createTextNode(pos));
@@ -403,9 +403,9 @@ ol.parser.ogc.GML_v3 = function(opt_options) {
       // only 2d for simple features profile
       var pos;
       if (this.axisOrientation.substr(0, 2) === 'en') {
-        pos = (bounds[1] + ' ' + bounds[3]);
+        pos = (bounds[1][0] + ' ' + bounds[1][1]);
       } else {
-        pos = (bounds[3] + ' ' + bounds[1]);
+        pos = (bounds[1][1] + ' ' + bounds[1][0]);
       }
       var node = this.createElementNS('gml:upperCorner');
       node.appendChild(this.createTextNode(pos));
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/gml_v2.test.js b/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/gml_v2.test.js
index 9f564d5284..1c9c1ea1c3 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/gml_v2.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/gml_v2.test.js
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ describe('ol.parser.gml_v2', function() {
       var url = 'spec/ol/parser/ogc/xml/gml_v2/box-coord.xml';
       afterLoadXml(url, function(xml) {
         var obj = parser.read(xml);
-        expect(obj.bounds).to.eql([1, 3, 2, 4]);
+        expect(obj.bounds).to.eql([[1, 2], [3, 4]]);
         done();
       });
     });
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ describe('ol.parser.gml_v2', function() {
       var url = 'spec/ol/parser/ogc/xml/gml_v2/box-coordinates.xml';
       afterLoadXml(url, function(xml) {
         var obj = parser.read(xml);
-        expect(obj.bounds).to.eql([1, 3, 2, 4]);
+        expect(obj.bounds).to.eql([[1, 2], [3, 4]]);
         done();
       });
     });
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/gml_v3.test.js b/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/gml_v3.test.js
index 9bd2fc869d..e6fd62b984 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/gml_v3.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/gml_v3.test.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ describe('ol.parser.gml_v3', function() {
       var url = 'spec/ol/parser/ogc/xml/gml_v3/envelope.xml';
       afterLoadXml(url, function(xml) {
         var obj = parser.read(xml);
-        expect(obj.bounds).to.eql([1, 3, 2, 4]);
+        expect(obj.bounds).to.eql([[1, 2], [3, 4]]);
         done();
       });
     });