diff --git a/src/apps/cs2cs.cpp b/src/apps/cs2cs.cpp
index 88353bf8f0..551249235e 100644
--- a/src/apps/cs2cs.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/cs2cs.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include <cassert>
+#include <cmath>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
@@ -448,9 +449,23 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 std::exit(1);
             }
             try {
-                bboxFilter = Extent::createFromBBOX(
-                                 c_locale_stod(bbox[0]), c_locale_stod(bbox[1]),
-                                 c_locale_stod(bbox[2]), c_locale_stod(bbox[3]))
+                std::vector<double> bboxValues = {
+                    c_locale_stod(bbox[0]), c_locale_stod(bbox[1]),
+                    c_locale_stod(bbox[2]), c_locale_stod(bbox[3])};
+                const double west = bboxValues[0];
+                const double south = bboxValues[1];
+                const double east = bboxValues[2];
+                const double north = bboxValues[3];
+                constexpr double SOME_MARGIN = 10;
+                if (south < -90 - SOME_MARGIN && std::fabs(west) <= 90 &&
+                    std::fabs(east) <= 90)
+                    std::cerr << "Warning: suspicious south latitude: " << south
+                              << std::endl;
+                if (north > 90 + SOME_MARGIN && std::fabs(west) <= 90 &&
+                    std::fabs(east) <= 90)
+                    std::cerr << "Warning: suspicious north latitude: " << north
+                              << std::endl;
+                bboxFilter = Extent::createFromBBOX(west, south, east, north)
                                  .as_nullable();
             } catch (const std::exception &e) {
                 std::cerr << "Invalid value for option --bbox: " << bboxStr
diff --git a/src/apps/projinfo.cpp b/src/apps/projinfo.cpp
index b432e0867d..a100327b22 100644
--- a/src/apps/projinfo.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/projinfo.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 #define FROM_PROJ_CPP
 
+#include <cmath>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <fstream> // std::ifstream
 #include <iostream>
@@ -187,9 +188,21 @@ static ExtentPtr makeBboxFilter(DatabaseContextPtr dbContext,
             std::vector<double> bboxValues = {
                 c_locale_stod(bbox[0]), c_locale_stod(bbox[1]),
                 c_locale_stod(bbox[2]), c_locale_stod(bbox[3])};
-            bboxFilter = Extent::createFromBBOX(bboxValues[0], bboxValues[1],
-                                                bboxValues[2], bboxValues[3])
-                             .as_nullable();
+            const double west = bboxValues[0];
+            const double south = bboxValues[1];
+            const double east = bboxValues[2];
+            const double north = bboxValues[3];
+            constexpr double SOME_MARGIN = 10;
+            if (south < -90 - SOME_MARGIN && std::fabs(west) <= 90 &&
+                std::fabs(east) <= 90)
+                std::cerr << "Warning: suspicious south latitude: " << south
+                          << std::endl;
+            if (north > 90 + SOME_MARGIN && std::fabs(west) <= 90 &&
+                std::fabs(east) <= 90)
+                std::cerr << "Warning: suspicious north latitude: " << north
+                          << std::endl;
+            bboxFilter =
+                Extent::createFromBBOX(west, south, east, north).as_nullable();
         } catch (const std::exception &e) {
             std::cerr << "Invalid value for option --bbox: " << bboxStr << ", "
                       << e.what() << std::endl;