Vinstre
Sign in to saveVinstre is a lake in Innlandet county, Norway. The lake lies in Øystre Slidre Municipality and the very western tip of the lake crosses over into the neighboring Vang Municipality. The lake sits at an elevation of above sea level. Vinstre was regulated in connection with the construction of the Øvre Vinstra hydroelectric power plant. The lake Bygdin flows into this lake and on the opposite end, it flows out into the dammed lake Sandvatnet/Kaldfjorden/Øyvatnet which is the headwaters for the river Vinstra.
Key facts
- Body of water.name
- Vinstre
- Body of water.image
- Vinstre 001.jpg
- Body of water.image_bathymetry
- La2-demis-bygdin-annotated.png
- Body of water.mapframe
- yes
- Body of water.mapframe zoom
- 9
- Body of water.mapframe caption
- Interactive map of the lake
- Body of water.location
- Innlandet, Norway
- Body of water.basin_countries
- Norway
- Body of water.reference
- NVE
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 28.018291
- Elevation
- 1031
- Image
- Jotunheimen 1.jpg
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- watershed area
- 466.2123
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Vinstre is a lake in Innlandet county, Norway. The lake lies in Øystre Slidre Municipality and the very western tip of the lake crosses over into the neighboring Vang Municipality. The lake sits at an elevation of above sea level. Vinstre was regulated in connection with the construction of the Øvre Vinstra hydroelectric power plant. The lake Bygdin flows into this lake and on the opposite end, it flows out into the dammed lake Sandvatnet/Kaldfjorden/Øyvatnet which is the headwaters for the river Vinstra.
left|thumb Along its northern shore runs the Jotunheimvegen summer toll road, built in the 1950s as a result of hydroelectricity development affecting the operation of the earlier milk boat service.
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