Scarp

Scarp may refer to:

Landforms and geology

• Cliff, a significant vertical, or near vertical, rock exposure
• Escarpment, a steep slope or long cliff that occurs from erosion or faulting and separates two relatively level areas of differing elevations
• Scarp face, the surface of the steep slope of an escarpment
• Fault scarp, the topographic expression of faulting attributed to the displacement of the land surface by movement along faults

Other

• Scarp, Scotland, an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland
• Counterscarp and Scarp, the outer and inner sides of a ditch used in fortifications
• SS-9 Scarp, the NATO reporting name for the R-36 ICBM

See also

• Scarpe (disambiguation)