Lukttinden is a tall mountain in

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county,

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. The mountain lies between the towns of

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and

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, directly east of the lake

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and directly south of the lake Luktvatnet. It lies to the west of the Okstindan mountains. Lukttinden is well known for having easy hiking conditions.

Name

The mountain is named after the lake Luktvatnet. This name is probably from the

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word ''Loektejaevrie'', a compound of ''loekti'' which means 'inlet' and ''jaevrie'' which means 'lake', thus "the lake with many inlets". The suffix ''-tinden'' is the finite form of ''tind'' meaning 'mountain peak'.

References

External links

''topptur.net''
- information and tour planning
''Rana Spesialsport''
- information and tour planning Mountains of Nordland Vefsn {{Nordland-mountain-stub