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]
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Location | Vefsn, Nordland |
Coordinates | 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 km2 (1.45 sq mi) |
Shore length1 | 18.65 kilometres (11.59 mi) |
Surface elevation | 137 metres (449 ft) |
References | NVE |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
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".
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