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