Vinstre

{{short description|Lake in Innlandet, Norway}}

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|location = Innlandet, Norway

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|length = {{convert|17|km}}

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|area = {{convert|27.87|km2|abbr=on}}

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|elevation = {{convert|1032|m}}

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|reference = NVE{{Cite web |title=Innsjødatabase |url=https://temakart.nve.no/link/?link=innsjodatabase |access-date=2022-08-14 |website=nve.no |language=no}}

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File:Jotunheimen 1.jpg

Vinstre is a lake in Innlandet county, Norway. The {{convert|27.87|km2|adj=on}} 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 {{convert|1032|m}} above sea level.{{Cite web |title=Vinstre Innsjø, Øystre Slidre |url=https://www.yr.no/nb/detaljer/tabell/1-153692/Norge/Innlandet/%C3%98ystre%20Slidre/Vinstre |access-date=12 March 2022 |website=yr.no |publisher=NRK, Meteorologisk institutt |language=no}} 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.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Vinstre |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=https://snl.no/Vinstre |date=2021-02-15 |editor-last=Vinjar |editor-first=Asbjørn |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2022-06-01}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Jotunheimvegen - Historie |url=https://jotunheimvegen.no/historie/ |access-date=12 March 2022 |publisher=Skåbu Regnskap AS |language=no}}