Luktvatnet

Luktvatnet is a lake that lies in the northern part of the municipality of Vefsn 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.[1]

Luktvatnet
Luktvatnet
Location of the lake
Luktvatnet
Luktvatnet (Norway)
LocationVefsn, Nordland
Coordinates66.0404°N 13.5776°E / 66.0404; 13.5776
Basin countriesNorway
Max. length3.4 kilometres (2.1 mi)
Max. width2 kilometres (1.2 mi)
Surface area3.76 km2 (1.45 sq mi)
Shore length118.65 kilometres (11.59 mi)
Surface elevation137 metres (449 ft)
ReferencesNVE
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

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

  1. "Luktvatnet" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2011-11-30.


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