diff --git a/src/NetTopologySuite.IO.SqlServerBytes/Geometries/UnsupportedGeometry.cs b/src/NetTopologySuite.IO.SqlServerBytes/Geometries/UnsupportedGeometry.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..419a2c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NetTopologySuite.IO.SqlServerBytes/Geometries/UnsupportedGeometry.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using NetTopologySuite.IO.Properties;
+using NetTopologySuite.IO.Serialization;
+
+namespace NetTopologySuite.Geometries
+{
+    internal class UnsupportedGeometry : Geometry
+    {
+        private readonly OpenGisType _shapeType;
+
+        public UnsupportedGeometry(OpenGisType shapeType, Geography geography)
+            : base(GeometryFactory.Default)
+        {
+            _shapeType = shapeType;
+            Geography = geography;
+        }
+
+        public Geography Geography { get; }
+
+        private NotSupportedException Unsupported()
+            => new NotSupportedException(string.Format(Resources.UnexpectedGeographyType, _shapeType));
+
+        #region Unsupported overrides
+
+        public override double Area => throw Unsupported();
+        public override Geometry Boundary => throw Unsupported();
+        public override Dimension BoundaryDimension => throw Unsupported();
+        public override Point Centroid => throw Unsupported();
+        public override Coordinate Coordinate => throw Unsupported();
+        public override Coordinate[] Coordinates => throw Unsupported();
+        public override Dimension Dimension => throw Unsupported();
+        public override string GeometryType => throw Unsupported();
+        public override Point InteriorPoint => throw Unsupported();
+        public override bool IsEmpty => throw Unsupported();
+        public override bool IsRectangle => throw Unsupported();
+        public override bool IsSimple => throw Unsupported();
+        public override bool IsValid => throw Unsupported();
+        public override double Length => throw Unsupported();
+        public override int NumGeometries => throw Unsupported();
+        public override int NumPoints => throw Unsupported();
+        public override OgcGeometryType OgcGeometryType => throw Unsupported();
+
+        protected override SortIndexValue SortIndex => throw Unsupported();
+
+        public override void Apply(ICoordinateFilter filter) => throw Unsupported();
+        public override void Apply(ICoordinateSequenceFilter filter) => throw Unsupported();
+        public override void Apply(IGeometryComponentFilter filter) => throw Unsupported();
+        public override void Apply(IGeometryFilter filter) => throw Unsupported();
+        public override bool Contains(Geometry g) => throw Unsupported();
+        public override Geometry ConvexHull() => throw Unsupported();
+        public override bool Covers(Geometry g) => throw Unsupported();
+        public override bool Crosses(Geometry g) => throw Unsupported();
+        public override double Distance(Geometry g) => throw Unsupported();
+        public override bool Equals(object o) => throw Unsupported();
+        public override bool EqualsExact(Geometry other, double tolerance) => throw Unsupported();
+        public override bool EqualsTopologically(Geometry g) => throw Unsupported();
+        public override Geometry GetGeometryN(int n) => throw Unsupported();
+        public override int GetHashCode() => throw Unsupported();
+        public override double[] GetOrdinates(Ordinate ordinate) => throw Unsupported();
+        public override bool Intersects(Geometry g) => throw Unsupported();
+        public override bool IsWithinDistance(Geometry geom, double distance) => throw Unsupported();
+        public override void Normalize() => throw Unsupported();
+        public override bool Overlaps(Geometry g) => throw Unsupported();
+        public override IntersectionMatrix Relate(Geometry g) => throw Unsupported();
+        public override bool Relate(Geometry g, string intersectionPattern) => throw Unsupported();
+        public override Geometry Reverse() => throw Unsupported();
+        public override string ToString() => throw Unsupported();
+        public override bool Touches(Geometry g) => throw Unsupported();
+
+        protected override int CompareToSameClass(object o) => throw Unsupported();
+        protected override int CompareToSameClass(object o, IComparer<CoordinateSequence> comp) => throw Unsupported();
+        protected override Envelope ComputeEnvelopeInternal() => throw Unsupported();
+        protected override Geometry CopyInternal() => throw Unsupported();
+        protected override bool IsEquivalentClass(Geometry other) => throw Unsupported();
+
+        #endregion
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/NetTopologySuite.IO.SqlServerBytes/SqlServerBytesReader.cs b/src/NetTopologySuite.IO.SqlServerBytes/SqlServerBytesReader.cs
index 478c6ef..7508633 100644
--- a/src/NetTopologySuite.IO.SqlServerBytes/SqlServerBytesReader.cs
+++ b/src/NetTopologySuite.IO.SqlServerBytes/SqlServerBytesReader.cs
@@ -238,6 +238,12 @@ private Geometry ToGeometry(Geography geography)
                         geometries.Remove(shapeIndex);
                         break;
 
+                    case OpenGisType.CircularString:
+                    case OpenGisType.CompoundCurve:
+                    case OpenGisType.CurvePolygon:
+                    case OpenGisType.FullGlobe:
+                        return new UnsupportedGeometry(shape.Type, geography);
+
                     default:
                         throw new ParseException(string.Format(Resources.UnexpectedGeographyType, shape.Type));
                 }
diff --git a/src/NetTopologySuite.IO.SqlServerBytes/SqlServerBytesWriter.cs b/src/NetTopologySuite.IO.SqlServerBytes/SqlServerBytesWriter.cs
index bb20c5c..0dc721c 100644
--- a/src/NetTopologySuite.IO.SqlServerBytes/SqlServerBytesWriter.cs
+++ b/src/NetTopologySuite.IO.SqlServerBytes/SqlServerBytesWriter.cs
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ private Geography ToGeography(Geometry geometry)
             {
                 return new Geography { SRID = -1 };
             }
+            if (geometry is UnsupportedGeometry unsupportedGeometry)
+            {
+                return unsupportedGeometry.Geography;
+            }
 
             var geometries = new Queue<(Geometry, int)>();
             geometries.Enqueue((geometry, -1));
diff --git a/test/NetTopologySuite.IO.SqlServerBytes.Test/SqlServerBytesReaderTest.cs b/test/NetTopologySuite.IO.SqlServerBytes.Test/SqlServerBytesReaderTest.cs
index 421d809..fef7e97 100644
--- a/test/NetTopologySuite.IO.SqlServerBytes.Test/SqlServerBytesReaderTest.cs
+++ b/test/NetTopologySuite.IO.SqlServerBytes.Test/SqlServerBytesReaderTest.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 using System.Globalization;
 using NetTopologySuite.Geometries;
 using NetTopologySuite.Geometries.Implementation;
-using NetTopologySuite.IO.Properties;
 using Xunit;
+using Point = NetTopologySuite.Geometries.Point;
 
 namespace NetTopologySuite.IO
 {
@@ -161,40 +161,17 @@ public void HandleOrdinates_works()
             Assert.Equal("POINT (1 2)", new WKTWriter(4).Write(point));
         }
 
-        [Fact]
-        public void Read_throws_when_circular_string()
-        {
-            var ex = Assert.Throws<ParseException>(
-                () => Read("0000000002040300000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000F03F000000000000F03F0000000000000040000000000000000001000000020000000001000000FFFFFFFF0000000008"));
-
-            Assert.Equal(string.Format(Resources.UnexpectedGeographyType, "CircularString"), ex.Message);
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void Read_throws_when_compound_curve()
-        {
-            var ex = Assert.Throws<ParseException>(
-                () => Read("0000000002040400000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000F03F00000000000000000000000000000040000000000000F03F0000000000000840000000000000000001000000030000000001000000FFFFFFFF0000000009020000000203"));
-
-            Assert.Equal(string.Format(Resources.UnexpectedGeographyType, "CompoundCurve"), ex.Message);
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void Read_throws_when_curve_polygon()
-        {
-            var ex = Assert.Throws<ParseException>(
-                () => Read("000000000204050000000000000000000040000000000000F03F000000000000F03F00000000000000400000000000000000000000000000F03F000000000000F03F00000000000000000000000000000040000000000000F03F01000000020000000001000000FFFFFFFF000000000A"));
-
-            Assert.Equal(string.Format(Resources.UnexpectedGeographyType, "CurvePolygon"), ex.Message);
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void Read_throws_when_full_globe()
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("0000000002040300000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000F03F000000000000F03F0000000000000040000000000000000001000000020000000001000000FFFFFFFF0000000008")]
+        [InlineData("0000000002040400000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000F03F00000000000000000000000000000040000000000000F03F0000000000000840000000000000000001000000030000000001000000FFFFFFFF0000000009020000000203")]
+        [InlineData("000000000204050000000000000000000040000000000000F03F000000000000F03F00000000000000400000000000000000000000000000F03F000000000000F03F00000000000000000000000000000040000000000000F03F01000000020000000001000000FFFFFFFF000000000A")]
+        [InlineData("E61000000224000000000000000001000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0B")]
+        public void Can_round_trip_unsupported_types(string bytes)
         {
-            var ex = Assert.Throws<ParseException>(
-                () => Read("E61000000224000000000000000001000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0B"));
+            var geometry = Read(bytes);
 
-            Assert.Equal(string.Format(Resources.UnexpectedGeographyType, "FullGlobe"), ex.Message);
+            Assert.IsType<UnsupportedGeometry>(geometry);
+            Assert.Equal(bytes, SqlServerBytesWriterTest.Write(geometry));
         }
 
         private Geometry Read(
diff --git a/test/NetTopologySuite.IO.SqlServerBytes.Test/SqlServerBytesWriterTest.cs b/test/NetTopologySuite.IO.SqlServerBytes.Test/SqlServerBytesWriterTest.cs
index 8f6b670..8accf93 100644
--- a/test/NetTopologySuite.IO.SqlServerBytes.Test/SqlServerBytesWriterTest.cs
+++ b/test/NetTopologySuite.IO.SqlServerBytes.Test/SqlServerBytesWriterTest.cs
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ public void Types_still_unknown(string wkt)
                 () => reader.Read(wkt));
         }
 
-        private string Write(
+        public static string Write(
             Geometry geometry,
             Ordinates handleOrdinates = Ordinates.XYZM,
             bool isGeography = false)