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keywords: gml:exterior
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# gml:exterior

### Diagram

![](../_images/exterior.png)

### Description {#desc}

Contains a description of the polygon outer boundary.

The boundary is set by a closed polyline ([gml: LinearRing](https://yandex.com/dev/maps/ymapsml/doc/en/ref/reference/gml-LinearRing.md)).

### Contained by:

[gml:Polygon](https://yandex.com/dev/maps/ymapsml/doc/en/ref/reference/gml-Polygon.md)

### May include elements by substitutions:

[gml:LinearRing](https://yandex.com/dev/maps/ymapsml/doc/en/ref/reference/gml-LinearRing.md)

> ### gml:exterior
> 
> See the example for the [gml:Polygon](https://yandex.com/dev/maps/ymapsml/doc/en/ref/reference/gml-Polygon.md) tag.