Egede is the remains of a lunar

Moon

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 crater

Impact crater

In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...

 that has been flooded by lava

Lava

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, leaving only the somewhat polygon

Polygon

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al circumference of the rim protruding just above the mare

Lunar mare

The lunar maria are large, dark, basaltic plains on Earth's Moon, formed by ancient volcanic eruptions. They were dubbed maria, Latin for "seas", by early astronomers who mistook them for actual seas. They are less reflective than the "highlands" as a result of their iron-rich compositions, and...

. It is located on the southern edge of the Mare Frigoris

Mare Frigoris

Mare Frigoris is a lunar mare located just north of Mare Imbrium, and stretches east to north of Mare Serenitatis. The mare is in the outer rings of the Procellarum basin...

, to the west of the crater Aristoteles

Aristoteles (crater)

Aristoteles is a lunar impact crater that lies near the southern edge of the Mare Frigoris and to the east of the Montes Alpes mountain range. To the south of Aristoteles lies the slightly smaller crater Eudoxus and these two form a distinctive pair for a telescope observer. An arc of mountains...

. To the southwest is an arc of low mountains curving between the rims of Aristoteles and Eudoxus

Eudoxus (lunar crater)

Eudoxus is a prominent lunar impact crater that lies to the east of the northern tip of the Montes Caucasus range. It is located to the south of the prominent crater Aristoteles in the northern regions of the visible Moon...

. The floor of Egede is flat and nearly featureless, except for a few tiny craterlets. The surviving rim has a maximum altitude of 0.4 km above the surface.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Egede.

Egede	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	51.6° N	10.5° E	13 km
B	50.5° N	8.9° E	8 km
C	50.1° N	13.0° E	5 km
E	49.6° N	10.4° E	4 km
F	51.9° N	12.5° E	4 km
G	51.9° N	6.9° E	7 km
M	49.5° N	12.4° E	4 km
N	49.7° N	11.1° E	4 km
P	47.8° N	10.5° E	4 km