Luktvatnet

Luktvatnet
Location	Vefsn, Nordland
Coordinates	66°2′34″N 13°34′5″E / 66.04278°N 13.56806°ECoordinates: 66°2′34″N 13°34′5″E / 66.04278°N 13.56806°E
Basin countries	Norway
Max. length	3.4 kilometres (2.1 mi)
Max. width	2 kilometres (1.2 mi)
Surface area	3.76 km^2 (1.45 sq mi)
Shore length^1	18.65 kilometres (11.59 mi)
Surface elevation	137 metres (449 ft)
References	NVE
^1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Luktvatnet is a lake that lies in the northern part of the municipality of Vefsn in Nordland county, Norway. The lake lies between the mountains Korgfjellet and Lukttinden, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of Elsfjord. The European route E06 highway passes along the northern shore of the lake.^[1]

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

• List of lakes in Norway
• Geography of Norway

References

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