diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6da56d79..0209f88b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ dist/
 env/
 feedparser.egg-info/
 .idea/
+.venv/
 fpdocs/
 venv/
 build/
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.rst b/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
index ca6e9f28..e29d89e7 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ bug report!
 * `Bernd Schlapsi <https://github.com/brot>`_
 * `Aaron Swartz <http://www.aaronsw.com/>`_
 * `Jakub Wilk <http://jwilk.net/>`_
+* `Nestor Rodriguez <https://github.com/n3s7or>`_
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e02c642a..1339cf07 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 coming in the next release:
 
+6.0.9 - 19 May 2022
+    *   Fix a crash that can occur with GeoRSS feeds that lack a ``<where>`` tag. (#305)
+
 6.0.8 - 22 June 2021
     *   Fix the name and link to the chardet module in the documentation. (#280)
 
diff --git a/feedparser/__init__.py b/feedparser/__init__.py
index 68c2a424..2e73bfa7 100644
--- a/feedparser/__init__.py
+++ b/feedparser/__init__.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 __author__ = 'Kurt McKee <contactme@kurtmckee.org>'
 __license__ = 'BSD 2-clause'
-__version__ = '6.0.8'
+__version__ = '6.0.9'
 
 # HTTP "User-Agent" header to send to servers when downloading feeds.
 # If you are embedding feedparser in a larger application, you should
diff --git a/feedparser/namespaces/georss.py b/feedparser/namespaces/georss.py
index 76c9c63e..62605f01 100644
--- a/feedparser/namespaces/georss.py
+++ b/feedparser/namespaces/georss.py
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ def _parse_srs_attrs(self, attrs_d):
         except ValueError:
             srs_dimension = 2
         context = self._get_context()
+        if 'where' not in context:
+            context['where'] = {}
         context['where']['srsName'] = srs_name
         context['where']['srsDimension'] = srs_dimension
 
diff --git a/tests/illformed/geo/gml_point.xml b/tests/illformed/geo/gml_point.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0df1b4fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/illformed/geo/gml_point.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<!--
+Description: item point where
+Expect: entries[0]['where']['type'] == 'Point' and entries[0]['where']['coordinates'] == (31.1732, 36.9382)
+-->
+<feed
+  xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
+  xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"
+  >
+  <entry>
+   <gml:Point>
+     <gml:pos>36.9382 31.1732</gml:pos>
+   </gml:Point>
+  </entry>
+</feed>