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Luktvatnet Latitude and Longitude:

66°02′25″N 13°34′39″E / 66.0404°N 13.5776°E / 66.0404; 13.5776
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Luktvatnet
Luktvatnet is located in Nordland
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Luktvatnet
Location of the lake
Luktvatnet is located in Norway
Luktvatnet
Luktvatnet
Luktvatnet (Norway)
Location Vefsn, Nordland
Coordinates 66°02′25″N 13°34′39″E / 66.0404°N 13.5776°E / 66.0404; 13.5776
Basin countries Norway
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)
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. [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".

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References

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