Scarp

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Scarp may refer to:

Landforms and geology

• Cliff, a significant vertical, or near vertical, rock exposure
• Escarpment, a steep slope or long rock that occurs from erosion or faulting and separates two relatively level areas of differing elevations
• 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
• Scarp and counterscarp, the inner and outer sides of a ditch or moat used in fortifications
• SS-9 Scarp, the NATO reporting name for the R-36 ICBM

See also

• Scarpe (disambiguation)