Outer Space
- The Moon
- Dorsa Geikie, a wrinkle ridge system on the Moon, is named after Sir Archibald Geikie.
- Europa
- Arran Chaos
- Callanish
- Tormsdale (Tormsdale, Caithness)
- Martian craters
- Ayr
- Balvicar
- Banff
- Darvel
- Doon
- Echt
- Leuk
- 253 Mathilde (asteroid)
- Clackmannan
- 243 Ida (asteroid)
- Fingal (features are named after caves, in this case Fingal's Cave on Staffa)
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