Thanks Barry, ogr2ogr works well. Lesson I guess is to try and ensure your KMLs are single-geometry. -- View this message in context: http://r-sig-geo.2731867.n2.nabble.com/Reading-multiple-layer-geometry-KML-into-R-tp7584922p7584963.html Sent from the R-sig-geo mailing list archive at Nabble.com.