Mungo Park Medal

The Mungo Park Medal is awarded by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in recognition of outstanding contributions to geographical knowledge through exploration and/or research, and/or work of a practical nature of benefit to humanity in potentially hazardous physical and/or social environments. It was founded in honour of the Scottish explorer Mungo Park.

Winners
• 1930 Captain Angus Buchanan (Explorer)

• 1931 Frank S Smythe

• 1934 Miss Isobel Wylie Hutchison LLD FRSGS

• 1935 Dame Freya Stark

• 1936 Lawrence R Wager MA FGS Lecturer in Geology, University of Reading

• 1939 Dr E B Worthington MA PhD for his work in the African Survey

• 1944 Frank Fraser Darling DSc

• 1947 Lt-Col F Spencer Chapman DSO

• 1948 Mrs Mary G Henry

• 1950 Thor Heyerdahl

• 1952 William H Murray

• 1953 Count Eigil Knuth

• 1954 Dr Alain Bombard MD

• 1955 Thomas Dempster Mackinnon

• 1955 George Christopher Band

• 1961 Dame Margery F Perham DCMG CBE FBA

• 1962 Professor C G Malcolm Slesser

• 1964 Norman Dyhrenfurth

• 1969 Dr Hugh Simpson and Mrs Myrtle Simpson

• 1975 Dr Haroun Tazieff

• 1981 Professor Keith L Miller

• 1987 John Ridgway MBE

• 1988 Dr John Hemming

• 1989 Christina Dodwell

• 1990 Dr Charles Swithinbank

• 1991 Professor Andrew Goudie

• 1992 Nicholas Crane & Richard Crane

• 1993 Professor David E Sugden

• 1994 Michael Buerk

• 1995 Mr Nigel Winser & Mrs Shane Winser

• 1996 Mr Michael Asher

• 1997 Professor Chalmers M Clapperton

• 1998 Julian Pettifer, journalist and broadcaster

• 1999 Kate Adie

• 2000 Colin G D Thubron

• 2001 Robin Hanbury-Tenison OBE

• 2002 William Dalrymple

• 2003 John Simpson CBE, World Affairs Editor, BBC

• 2004 Norma Joseph and Maurice Joseph

• 2005 Professor Jean Malaurie

• 2006 Dr John Hare

• 2007 Professor Norman Hallendy

• 2008 No award

• 2009 Ray Mears

• 2010 Rune Gjeldnes

• 2011 Ed Stafford, Explorer, author and film-maker.

• 2012 Jock Wishart

• 2013 Tim Butcher

• 2014 Lindsey Hilsum

• 2016 Karen Darke

• 2017 André Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard

• 2018 Professor Wade Davis

• 2018 Doug Allan

• 2019 Lewis Pugh, endurance swimmer and UN Patron of the Oceans