Byavatnet is a lake

Lake

A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...

 in the municipality of Levanger

Levanger

Levanger is a town and municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherred region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Levanger...

 in Nord-Trøndelag

Nord-Trøndelag

is a county constituting the northern part of Trøndelag in Norway. As of 2010, the county had 131,555 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-least populated county. The largest municipalities are Stjørdal, Steinkjer—the county seat, Levanger, Namsos and Verdal, all with between 21,000 and...

 county, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It is located about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) south of the village of Ekne

Ekne

Ekne is a village in the municipality of Levanger in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located west of Skogn and about southwest of the town of Levanger. The lakes Sønningen and Byavatnet lie south of the village. The village has a population of 240. The population density of the village...

 and about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of Ronglan

Ronglan

Ronglan is a village in the municipality of Levanger in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located southwest of Skogn and southeast of Ekne. The European route E6 highway goes through the village, and Ronglan Station on the Nordlandsbanen railway line is also located here....

. The lake Hammervatnet

Hammervatnet

Hammervatnet is a lake in the municipality of Levanger in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake lies on the north side of the village of Åsen. The European route E6 highway runs along the eastern tip of the lake....

 lies about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) south of Byavatnet and the lake Sønningen

Sønningen

Sønningen is a lake in the municipality of Levanger in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake lies about southwest of the village of Ekne and about west of the lake Byavatnet....

lies about 1.5 kilometre (0.93205910497471 mi) to the northwest. The 2.31 square kilometres (570.8 acre) lake is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) long and about 800 metre (0.497098189319845 mi) wide.