diff --git a/src/earthkit/data/readers/netcdf/dataset.py b/src/earthkit/data/readers/netcdf/dataset.py
index d7b3b3c3..feec536b 100644
--- a/src/earthkit/data/readers/netcdf/dataset.py
+++ b/src/earthkit/data/readers/netcdf/dataset.py
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 
 
 GEOGRAPHIC_COORDS = {
-    "x": ["x", "projection_x_coordinate", "lon", "longitude"],
-    "y": ["y", "projection_y_coordinate", "lat", "latitude"],
+    "x": ["x", "X", "xc", "projection_x_coordinate", "lon", "longitude"],
+    "y": ["y", "Y", "yc", "projection_y_coordinate", "lat", "latitude"],
 }