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# H3\_Boundary
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H3\_Boundary returns the boundary of an H3 cell ID from an input index. For information about H3 indexing, see [H3](spatial-terminology.md#spatial-terminology-h3).

## Syntax
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```
H3_Boundary(index)
```

## Arguments
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 *index*   
A value of data type `BIGINT` or `VARCHAR` that represents the index of an H3 cell. Or, an expression that evaluates to one of these data types.

## Return type
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`POLYGON` – represents the polygon with spatial reference system identifier (SRID) of `0`.

If *index* is not valid, then an error is returned.

## Examples
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The following SQL inputs a `VARCHAR` that represents the index of an H3 cell, and returns a POLYGON with SRID 0 that represents the boundary of the input H3 cell. The output of H3\_Boundary is input to ST\_AwEWKT to display in extended well-known text (EWKT) representation.

```
SELECT ST_AsEWKT(H3_Boundary('8025fffffffffff'));
```

```
 st_asewkt
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 POLYGON((87.7729641223953 52.6542030078627,86.7082098104731 40.3127667561966,98.2285042557705 33.6210697806835,110.694610548823 37.163896485796,116.212895637138 47.3094513028131,106.40349563788 56.210610737585,87.7729641223953 52.6542030078627))
```

The following SQL inputs a `BIGINT` that represents the index of an H3 cell, and returns a POLYGON with SRID 0 that represents the boundary of the input H3 cell. The output of H3\_Boundary is input to ST\_AwEWKT to display in extended well-known text (EWKT) representation.

```
SELECT ST_AsEWKT(H3_Boundary(577129255373111295)); 
```

```
 st_asewkt
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POLYGON((87.7729641223953 52.6542030078627,86.7082098104731 40.3127667561966,98.2285042557705 33.6210697806835,110.694610548823 37.163896485796,116.212895637138 47.3094513028131,106.40349563788 56.210610737585,87.7729641223953 52.6542030078627))
```