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{{Short description|Nature reserve in South Africa}}
{{moresources|date=October 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use South African English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox protected area
| name = Marloth Nature Reserve
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| photo = Swellendam view.jpg
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| photo_caption = View over Swellendam of the Clock Peaks in the Marloth Nature Reserve
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| map = Western Cape
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| location = [[Langeberg]], [[Western Cape]], [[South Africa]]
| nearest_city = [[Swellendam]]
| coordinates = {{coord|33|58|S|20|25|E|region:ZA-WC_scale:250000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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| area = {{convert|141.23|km2|abbr=on}}
| established = 1928
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| governing_body = [[CapeNature]]
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| url = http://www.capenature.org.za/reserves.htm?reserve=Marloth+Nature+Reserve
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'''Marloth Nature Reserve''' is a nature reserve in [[Swellendam Local Municipality]], [[Western Cape]], [[South Africa]]. It conserves the central [[Langeberg]] mountains, between the towns of [[Swellendam]], Ashton, [[Barrydale]] and [[Suurbraak]]. The reserve includes the Clock Peaks, two prominent landmarks near Swellendam.

The reserve is 14,123 ha in extent and is managed together with another 16,532 ha of privately owned proclaimed mountain catchment land. The reserve's office is approximately 15 km from Swellendam and adjacent to the Swellendam State Forest.

It is named after [[Rudolf Marloth]], a South African botanist.

==See also ==
* [[Protected areas of South Africa]]
* [[South African National Parks]]

{{Western Cape Provincial Parks}}

[[Category:Nature reserves in South Africa]]
[[Category:Provincial nature reserves of the Western Cape]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1928]]