Luktvatnet

66°02′25″N 13°34′39″E / 66.0404°N 13.5776°E / 66.0404; 13.5776Basin countriesNorwayMax. 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)ReferencesNVE¹ 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 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]

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