Luktvatnet
Lake in Vefsn, Norway
| Luktvatnet | |
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 Interactive map of the lake | |
| Location | Vefsn Municipality, Nordland |
| Coordinates | 66°02′25″N 13°34′39″E / 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] |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Luktvatnet[2] is a lake that lies in the northern part of Vefsn Municipality 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.[3]
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
References
- ^ "Innsjødatabase". NVE.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- ^ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- ^ "Luktvatnet" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2011-11-30.