# How to plot contour in an arbitrary shape of area?

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**Category:** Visualization\
**Tags:** question, gmt\
**Created:** [September 9, 2021, 1:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-plot-contour-in-an-arbitrary-shape-of-area/67902 "2021-09-09T01:06:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 1:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-plot-contour-in-an-arbitrary-shape-of-area/67902/2 "2021-09-09T01:39:09Z")

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Interpolate your scatter points into a grid or compute one and then do like [this example](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/contour-plot-for-non-rectangular-domain/57381/5) except that you’ll have to provide the points of the clipping polygon.

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