diff --git a/IPython/core/display.py b/IPython/core/display.py
index d1c3130..4d43552 100644
--- a/IPython/core/display.py
+++ b/IPython/core/display.py
@@ -680,8 +680,76 @@ lib_t1 = """$.getScript("%s", function () {
 lib_t2 = """});
 """
 
-class GeoJSON(JSON):
+class GeoJSON(DisplayObject):
+    """GeoJSON expects JSON-able dict
 
+    not an already-serialized JSON string.
+
+    Scalar types (None, number, string) are not allowed, only dict containers.
+    """
+    # wrap data in a property, which warns about passing already-serialized JSON
+    _data = None
+    
+    def __init__(self, data=None, url_template=None, layer_options=None, url=None, filename=None, metadata=None):
+        """Create a GeoJSON display object given raw data.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        data : dict or list
+            VegaLite data. Not an already-serialized JSON string.
+            Scalar types (None, number, string) are not allowed, only dict
+            or list containers.
+        url_template : string
+            Leaflet TileLayer URL template: http://leafletjs.com/reference.html#url-template
+        layer_options : dict
+            Leaflet TileLayer options: http://leafletjs.com/reference.html#tilelayer-options
+        url : unicode
+            A URL to download the data from.
+        filename : unicode
+            Path to a local file to load the data from.
+        metadata: dict
+            Specify extra metadata to attach to the json display object.
+
+        Examples
+        --------
+
+        The following will display an interactive map of Mars with a point of
+        interest on frontend that do support GeoJSON display.
+
+            >>> from IPython.display import GeoJSON
+
+            >>> GeoJSON(data={
+            ...     "type": "Feature",
+            ...     "geometry": {
+            ...         "type": "Point",
+            ...         "coordinates": [-81.327, 296.038]
+            ...     },
+            ...     "properties": {
+            ...         "name": "Inca City"
+            ...     }
+            ... },
+            ... url_template="http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/whereonmars.cartodb.net/{basemap_id}/{z}/{x}/{y}.png",
+            ... layer_options={
+            ...     "basemap_id": "celestia_mars-shaded-16k_global",
+            ...     "attribution" : "Celestia/praesepe",
+            ...     "minZoom" : 0,
+            ...     "maxZoom" : 18,
+            ... })
+            <IPython.core.display.GeoJSON object>
+
+        In the terminal IPython, you will only see the text representation of
+        the GeoJSON object.
+
+        """
+        self.url_template = url_template
+        self.layer_options = layer_options
+        self.metadata = metadata
+        super(GeoJSON, self).__init__(data=data, url=url, filename=filename)
+
+    def _check_data(self):
+        if self.data is not None and not isinstance(self.data, dict):
+            raise TypeError("%s expects a JSONable dict, not %r" % (self.__class__.__name__, self.data))
+        
     @property
     def data(self):
         return self._data
@@ -693,11 +761,21 @@ class GeoJSON(JSON):
         self._data = data
 
     def _ipython_display_(self):
+        md = {}
+        if self.url_template:
+            md['tileUrlTemplate'] = self.url_template
+        if self.layer_options:
+            md['tileLayerOptions'] = self.layer_options
+        if self.metadata:
+            md.update(self.metadata)
         bundle = {
             'application/geo+json': self.data,
             'text/plain': '<jupyterlab_geojson.GeoJSON object>'
         }
-        display(bundle, raw=True)
+        metadata = {
+            'application/geo+json': md
+        }
+        display(bundle, metadata=metadata, raw=True)
 
 class Javascript(TextDisplayObject):
 
diff --git a/IPython/core/tests/test_display.py b/IPython/core/tests/test_display.py
index f619d58..c639f92 100644
--- a/IPython/core/tests/test_display.py
+++ b/IPython/core/tests/test_display.py
@@ -28,6 +28,28 @@ def test_image_size():
     img = display.Image(url=thisurl, unconfined=True)
     nt.assert_equal(u'<img src="%s" class="unconfined"/>' % (thisurl), img._repr_html_())
 
+
+def test_geojson():
+
+    gj = display.GeoJSON(data={
+            "type": "Feature",
+            "geometry": {
+                "type": "Point",
+                "coordinates": [-81.327, 296.038]
+            },
+            "properties": {
+                "name": "Inca City"
+            }
+        },
+        url_template="http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/whereonmars.cartodb.net/{basemap_id}/{z}/{x}/{y}.png",
+        layer_options={
+            "basemap_id": "celestia_mars-shaded-16k_global",
+            "attribution": "Celestia/praesepe",
+            "minZoom": 0,
+            "maxZoom": 18,
+        })
+    nt.assert_equal(u'<IPython.core.display.GeoJSON object>', str(gj))
+
 def test_retina_png():
     here = os.path.dirname(__file__)
     img = display.Image(os.path.join(here, "2x2.png"), retina=True)
diff --git a/docs/source/whatsnew/pr/display-geojson.rst b/docs/source/whatsnew/pr/display-geojson.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5479873
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/whatsnew/pr/display-geojson.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+* IPython.display has gained a :any:`GeoJSON <IPython.display.GeoJSON>` object.
+  :ghpull:`10288` and :ghpull:`10253`