diff --git a/R/mdim.R b/R/mdim.R
index 544e1bed..a1073f8d 100644
--- a/R/mdim.R
+++ b/R/mdim.R
@@ -98,6 +98,14 @@ mdim_use_bounds = function(dims, x, bnds, center = TRUE) {
 	dims
 }
 
+match_raster_dims = function(nms) {
+	m = tolower(nms) %in% c("lon", "long", "longitude", "lat", "latitude")
+	if (sum(m) == 2)
+		which(m)
+	else
+		1:2
+}
+
 
 #' Read or write data using GDAL's multidimensional array API
 #'
@@ -190,7 +198,7 @@ read_mdim = function(filename, variable = character(0), ..., options = character
 		raster = if (sf)
 					get_raster(dimensions = rep(NA_character_,2))
 				else
-					get_raster(dimensions = names(d)[1:2])
+					get_raster(dimensions = names(d)[match_raster_dims(names(d))])
 	} else
 		raster = get_raster(dimensions = raster)
 	dimensions = create_dimensions(d, raster = raster)
diff --git a/R/ncdf.R b/R/ncdf.R
index 7a977a56..ed4829bc 100644
--- a/R/ncdf.R
+++ b/R/ncdf.R
@@ -708,10 +708,10 @@ read_ncdf = function(.x, ..., var = NULL, ncsub = NULL, curvilinear = character(
 			coords[[lon_coord]] <- ((coords[[lon_coord]] + 180) %% 360) - 180
 		} else if(!is.null(lons) && .is_degrees(atts, lon_coord) &&
 				  max(lons) > 180) {
-			message(paste0("0-360 longitude crossing the international date", 
+			message(paste("0-360 longitude crossing the international date", 
 						   "line encountered.\nLongitude coordinates will be",
 						   "0-360 in output."))
-			
+
 		}
 	}
 	coords