Luktvatnet

Luktvatnet
Luktvatnet Location of the lake Luktvatnet Luktvatnet (Norway)
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.

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.

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