diff --git a/src/ol/coordinate.js b/src/ol/coordinate.js
index 60f339e00e..af1e49a457 100644
--- a/src/ol/coordinate.js
+++ b/src/ol/coordinate.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 goog.provide('ol.Coordinate');
+goog.provide('ol.CoordinateArray');
 goog.provide('ol.CoordinateFormatType');
 goog.provide('ol.coordinate');
 
@@ -18,6 +19,13 @@ ol.CoordinateFormatType;
 ol.Coordinate;
 
 
+/**
+ * An array of coordinate arrays.
+ * @typedef {Array.<ol.Coordinate>}
+ */
+ol.CoordinateArray;
+
+
 /**
  * @param {ol.Coordinate} coordinate Coordinate.
  * @param {ol.Coordinate} delta Delta.
diff --git a/src/ol/geom/base.js b/src/ol/geom/base.js
index a2bd01e309..9a8c8ae45b 100644
--- a/src/ol/geom/base.js
+++ b/src/ol/geom/base.js
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
-goog.provide('ol.geom.VertexArray');
-
 goog.require('ol.coordinate');
 
 
-/**
- * @typedef {Array.<ol.geom.Vertex>}
- */
-ol.geom.VertexArray;
-
-
 /**
  * Calculate the squared distance from a point to a line segment.
  *
diff --git a/src/ol/geom/linearring.js b/src/ol/geom/linearring.js
index 4f08723b99..5fb5e5a3ef 100644
--- a/src/ol/geom/linearring.js
+++ b/src/ol/geom/linearring.js
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 goog.provide('ol.geom.LinearRing');
 
+goog.require('ol.CoordinateArray');
 goog.require('ol.geom.GeometryType');
 goog.require('ol.geom.LineString');
 goog.require('ol.geom.SharedVertices');
-goog.require('ol.geom.VertexArray');
 
 
 
 /**
  * @constructor
  * @extends {ol.geom.LineString}
- * @param {ol.geom.VertexArray} coordinates Vertex array (e.g.
+ * @param {ol.CoordinateArray} coordinates Vertex array (e.g.
  *    [[x0, y0], [x1, y1]]).
  * @param {ol.geom.SharedVertices=} opt_shared Shared vertices.
  */
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ goog.inherits(ol.geom.LinearRing, ol.geom.LineString);
  * implementation for an example of this.
  * https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/blob/trunk/gdal/ogr/ogrlinearring.cpp
  *
- * @param {ol.geom.VertexArray} coordinates Linear ring coordinates.
+ * @param {ol.CoordinateArray} coordinates Linear ring coordinates.
  * @return {boolean} The coordinates are in clockwise order.
  */
 ol.geom.LinearRing.isClockwise = function(coordinates) {
diff --git a/src/ol/geom/linestring.js b/src/ol/geom/linestring.js
index 7a7f2321fd..a44d37e312 100644
--- a/src/ol/geom/linestring.js
+++ b/src/ol/geom/linestring.js
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 goog.provide('ol.geom.LineString');
 
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
+goog.require('ol.CoordinateArray');
 goog.require('ol.geom.Geometry');
 goog.require('ol.geom.GeometryType');
 goog.require('ol.geom.SharedVertices');
-goog.require('ol.geom.VertexArray');
 
 
 
 /**
  * @constructor
  * @extends {ol.geom.Geometry}
- * @param {ol.geom.VertexArray} coordinates Vertex array (e.g.
+ * @param {ol.CoordinateArray} coordinates Vertex array (e.g.
  *    [[x0, y0], [x1, y1]]).
  * @param {ol.geom.SharedVertices=} opt_shared Shared vertices.
  */
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ ol.geom.LineString.prototype.get = function(index, dim) {
 
 /**
  * @inheritDoc
- * @return {ol.geom.VertexArray} Coordinates array.
+ * @return {ol.CoordinateArray} Coordinates array.
  */
 ol.geom.LineString.prototype.getCoordinates = function() {
   var count = this.getCount();
diff --git a/src/ol/geom/multilinestring.js b/src/ol/geom/multilinestring.js
index b656648992..a884e7411b 100644
--- a/src/ol/geom/multilinestring.js
+++ b/src/ol/geom/multilinestring.js
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 goog.provide('ol.geom.MultiLineString');
 
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
+goog.require('ol.CoordinateArray');
 goog.require('ol.geom.AbstractCollection');
 goog.require('ol.geom.GeometryType');
 goog.require('ol.geom.LineString');
 goog.require('ol.geom.SharedVertices');
-goog.require('ol.geom.VertexArray');
 
 
 
 /**
  * @constructor
  * @extends {ol.geom.AbstractCollection}
- * @param {Array.<ol.geom.VertexArray>} coordinates Coordinates array.
+ * @param {Array.<ol.CoordinateArray>} coordinates Coordinates array.
  * @param {ol.geom.SharedVertices=} opt_shared Shared vertices.
  */
 ol.geom.MultiLineString = function(coordinates, opt_shared) {
diff --git a/src/ol/geom/multipoint.js b/src/ol/geom/multipoint.js
index 43c475bfeb..ce9e0c100e 100644
--- a/src/ol/geom/multipoint.js
+++ b/src/ol/geom/multipoint.js
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 goog.provide('ol.geom.MultiPoint');
 
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
+goog.require('ol.CoordinateArray');
 goog.require('ol.geom.AbstractCollection');
 goog.require('ol.geom.GeometryType');
 goog.require('ol.geom.Point');
 goog.require('ol.geom.SharedVertices');
-goog.require('ol.geom.VertexArray');
 
 
 
 /**
  * @constructor
  * @extends {ol.geom.AbstractCollection}
- * @param {ol.geom.VertexArray} coordinates Coordinates array.
+ * @param {ol.CoordinateArray} coordinates Coordinates array.
  * @param {ol.geom.SharedVertices=} opt_shared Shared vertices.
  */
 ol.geom.MultiPoint = function(coordinates, opt_shared) {
diff --git a/src/ol/geom/multipolygon.js b/src/ol/geom/multipolygon.js
index 452f487386..be355cfd65 100644
--- a/src/ol/geom/multipolygon.js
+++ b/src/ol/geom/multipolygon.js
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 goog.provide('ol.geom.MultiPolygon');
 
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
+goog.require('ol.CoordinateArray');
 goog.require('ol.geom.AbstractCollection');
 goog.require('ol.geom.GeometryType');
 goog.require('ol.geom.Polygon');
 goog.require('ol.geom.SharedVertices');
-goog.require('ol.geom.VertexArray');
 
 
 
 /**
  * @constructor
  * @extends {ol.geom.AbstractCollection}
- * @param {Array.<Array.<ol.geom.VertexArray>>} coordinates Coordinates
+ * @param {Array.<Array.<ol.CoordinateArray>>} coordinates Coordinates
  *    array.
  * @param {ol.geom.SharedVertices=} opt_shared Shared vertices.
  */
diff --git a/src/ol/geom/polygon.js b/src/ol/geom/polygon.js
index 77df7e0259..2f442a56e4 100644
--- a/src/ol/geom/polygon.js
+++ b/src/ol/geom/polygon.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 goog.provide('ol.geom.Polygon');
 
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
+goog.require('ol.CoordinateArray');
 goog.require('ol.extent');
 goog.require('ol.geom.Geometry');
 goog.require('ol.geom.GeometryType');
 goog.require('ol.geom.LinearRing');
 goog.require('ol.geom.SharedVertices');
-goog.require('ol.geom.VertexArray');
 
 
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ goog.require('ol.geom.VertexArray');
  *
  * @constructor
  * @extends {ol.geom.Geometry}
- * @param {Array.<ol.geom.VertexArray>} coordinates Array of rings.  First
+ * @param {Array.<ol.CoordinateArray>} coordinates Array of rings.  First
  *    is outer, any remaining are inner.
  * @param {ol.geom.SharedVertices=} opt_shared Shared vertices.
  */
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ ol.geom.Polygon.prototype.getBounds = function() {
 
 
 /**
- * @return {Array.<ol.geom.VertexArray>} Coordinates array.
+ * @return {Array.<ol.CoordinateArray>} Coordinates array.
  */
 ol.geom.Polygon.prototype.getCoordinates = function() {
   var count = this.rings.length;
diff --git a/src/ol/geom/sharedvertices.js b/src/ol/geom/sharedvertices.js
index 0a2decfdd5..e6c432997b 100644
--- a/src/ol/geom/sharedvertices.js
+++ b/src/ol/geom/sharedvertices.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ goog.provide('ol.geom.SharedVertices');
 
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
 goog.require('ol.Coordinate');
-goog.require('ol.geom.VertexArray');
+goog.require('ol.CoordinateArray');
 
 
 /**
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ ol.geom.SharedVertices = function(opt_options) {
 
 /**
  * Adds a vertex array to the shared coordinate array.
- * @param {ol.geom.VertexArray} vertices Array of vertices.
+ * @param {ol.CoordinateArray} vertices Array of vertices.
  * @return {number} Index used to reference the added vertex array.
  */
 ol.geom.SharedVertices.prototype.add = function(vertices) {
diff --git a/src/ol/parser/topojson.js b/src/ol/parser/topojson.js
index 02c9419b8b..b17badf7b1 100644
--- a/src/ol/parser/topojson.js
+++ b/src/ol/parser/topojson.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 goog.provide('ol.parser.TopoJSON');
 
 goog.require('ol.Coordinate');
+goog.require('ol.CoordinateArray');
 goog.require('ol.Feature');
 goog.require('ol.geom.GeometryType');
 goog.require('ol.geom.LineString');
@@ -9,7 +10,6 @@ goog.require('ol.geom.MultiPoint');
 goog.require('ol.geom.MultiPolygon');
 goog.require('ol.geom.Point');
 goog.require('ol.geom.Polygon');
-goog.require('ol.geom.VertexArray');
 goog.require('ol.parser.Parser');
 goog.require('ol.parser.ReadFeaturesOptions');
 goog.require('ol.parser.StringFeatureParser');
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ goog.addSingletonGetter(ol.parser.TopoJSON);
  * Concatenate arcs into a coordinate array.
  * @param {Array.<number>} indices Indices of arcs to concatenate.  Negative
  *     values indicate arcs need to be reversed.
- * @param {Array.<ol.geom.VertexArray>} arcs Arcs (already transformed).
- * @return {ol.geom.VertexArray} Coordinate array.
+ * @param {Array.<ol.CoordinateArray>} arcs Arcs (already transformed).
+ * @return {ol.CoordinateArray} Coordinate array.
  * @private
  */
 ol.parser.TopoJSON.prototype.concatenateArcs_ = function(indices, arcs) {
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ ol.parser.TopoJSON.prototype.readFeaturesFromObject =
  * Create a feature from a TopoJSON geometry object.
  *
  * @param {TopoJSONGeometry} object TopoJSON geometry object.
- * @param {Array.<ol.geom.VertexArray>} arcs Array of arcs.
+ * @param {Array.<ol.CoordinateArray>} arcs Array of arcs.
  * @param {Array.<number>} scale Scale for each dimension.
  * @param {Array.<number>} translate Translation for each dimension.
  * @param {ol.parser.ReadFeaturesOptions=} opt_options Reader options.
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ ol.parser.TopoJSON.prototype.readFeatureFromGeometry_ = function(object, arcs,
  *
  * @param {TopoJSONGeometryCollection} collection TopoJSON GeometryCollection
  *     object.
- * @param {Array.<ol.geom.VertexArray>} arcs Array of arcs.
+ * @param {Array.<ol.CoordinateArray>} arcs Array of arcs.
  * @param {Array.<number>} scale Scale for each dimension.
  * @param {Array.<number>} translate Translation for each dimension.
  * @param {ol.parser.ReadFeaturesOptions=} opt_options Reader options.
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ ol.parser.TopoJSON.prototype.readFeaturesFromTopology_ = function(
  * Create a linestring from a TopoJSON geometry object.
  *
  * @param {TopoJSONLineString} object TopoJSON object.
- * @param {Array.<ol.geom.VertexArray>} arcs Array of arcs.
+ * @param {Array.<ol.CoordinateArray>} arcs Array of arcs.
  * @param {ol.parser.ReadFeaturesOptions=} opt_options Reader options.
  * @return {ol.geom.LineString} Geometry.
  * @private
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ ol.parser.TopoJSON.prototype.readLineString_ = function(object, arcs,
  * Create a multi-linestring from a TopoJSON geometry object.
  *
  * @param {TopoJSONMultiLineString} object TopoJSON object.
- * @param {Array.<ol.geom.VertexArray>} arcs Array of arcs.
+ * @param {Array.<ol.CoordinateArray>} arcs Array of arcs.
  * @param {ol.parser.ReadFeaturesOptions=} opt_options Reader options.
  * @return {ol.geom.MultiLineString} Geometry.
  * @private
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ ol.parser.TopoJSON.prototype.readMultiPoint_ = function(object, scale,
  * Create a multi-polygon from a TopoJSON geometry object.
  *
  * @param {TopoJSONMultiPolygon} object TopoJSON object.
- * @param {Array.<ol.geom.VertexArray>} arcs Array of arcs.
+ * @param {Array.<ol.CoordinateArray>} arcs Array of arcs.
  * @param {ol.parser.ReadFeaturesOptions=} opt_options Reader options.
  * @return {ol.geom.MultiPolygon} Geometry.
  * @private
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ ol.parser.TopoJSON.prototype.readPoint_ = function(object, scale, translate,
  * Create a polygon from a TopoJSON geometry object.
  *
  * @param {TopoJSONPolygon} object TopoJSON object.
- * @param {Array.<ol.geom.VertexArray>} arcs Array of arcs.
+ * @param {Array.<ol.CoordinateArray>} arcs Array of arcs.
  * @param {ol.parser.ReadFeaturesOptions=} opt_options Reader options.
  * @return {ol.geom.Polygon} Geometry.
  * @private
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ ol.parser.TopoJSON.prototype.readPolygon_ = function(object, arcs,
  * Apply a linear transform to array of arcs.  The provided array of arcs is
  * modified in place.
  *
- * @param {Array.<ol.geom.VertexArray>} arcs Array of arcs.
+ * @param {Array.<ol.CoordinateArray>} arcs Array of arcs.
  * @param {Array.<number>} scale Scale for each dimension.
  * @param {Array.<number>} translate Translation for each dimension.
  * @private
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ ol.parser.TopoJSON.prototype.transformArcs_ = function(arcs, scale, translate) {
 /**
  * Apply a linear transform to an arc.  The provided arc is modified in place.
  *
- * @param {ol.geom.VertexArray} arc Arc.
+ * @param {ol.CoordinateArray} arc Arc.
  * @param {Array.<number>} scale Scale for each dimension.
  * @param {Array.<number>} translate Translation for each dimension.
  * @private