| Luktvatnet | |
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| Interactive map of the lake | |
| Location | Vefsn Municipality, Nordland |
| Coordinates | 66°02′25″N 13°34′39″E / 66.0404°N 13.5776°E / 66.0404; 13.5776 |
| Basin countries | Norway |
| Max. length | 3.4 kilometres (2.1 mi) |
| Max. width | 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) |
| Surface area | 3.76 km (1.45 sq mi) |
| Shore length | 18.65 kilometres (11.59 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 137 metres (449 ft) |
| References | NVE |
| Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Luktvatnet is a lake that lies in the northern part of Vefsn Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 3.76-square-kilometre (1.45 sq mi) lake lies between the mountains Korgfjellet and Lukttinden, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of the village of Elsfjord. The European route E6 highway passes along the northern shore of the lake.
Name
The name is probably from the Southern Sami language word Loektejaevrie. This is a compound of loekti which means "inlet" and jaevrie which means "lake", thus it is "the lake with many inlets".
See also
References
- "Innsjødatabase". NVE.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- "Luktvatnet" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
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