For the past thirteen years the SGE has awarded different prizes (National, International, Enterprise, Trip of the Year, Image, Communication, Investigation and Honorary Member) to several distinguished representatives of these fields, in a solemn ceremony which is attended by members of the SGE and by outstanding representatives of the cultural and social world and the media. A list of the personalities and institutions who have received our Awards in the past is shown below.
PRIZES AWARDED BY THE SPANISH GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
INTERNATIONAL AWARD |
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| 1998 | Thor Heyerdahl |
| 1999 | Maurize Herzog |
| 2000 | Void |
| 2001 | Biruté Galdikas |
| 2002 | The Company of Jesús (Jesuits) |
| 2003 | Sydney Possuelo |
| 2004 | Reinhold Messner |
| 2005 | Sylvia Earle |
| 2006 | Sir David Attenborough |
| 2007 | Walter Bonatti |
| 2008 | Meave Leakey |
| 2009 | Michel Peissel |
| 2010 | Frank Drake |
| 2011 | Christina Dodwell |
| 2012 | Borge Ousland |
| 2013 | Polly Wiessner |
| 2014 | Colin Thubron |
| 2015 | Victor Boyarsky |
| 2016 | Robert D. Kaplan |
| 2017 | Mike Horn |
| 2018 | Selma Huxley Barkham |
| 2019-2020 | Walter Alva |
| 2021-2022 | Sylvain Tesson |
NATIONAL AWARD |
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| 1998 | Josefina Castellví |
| 1999 | Jordi Savater Pi |
| 2000 | Miguel de la Quadra Salcedo |
| 2001 | Eduardo Martínez de Pisón |
| 2002 | Juan Luis Arsuaga |
| 2003 | Peñalara Royall Climbing Society and Centre Excursionista de Catalunya |
| 2004 | Vital Alsar |
| 2005 | Carlos Soria |
| 2006 | Pedro Duque |
| 2007 | Luis Arranz |
| 2008 | Jerónimo López |
| 2009 | Mª Carmen Pérez Díe |
| 2010 | Edurne Pasabán |
| 2011 | Joaquín Araujo |
| 2012 | Salvador Rivas |
| 2013 | Adolfo Eraso |
| 2014 | Josefina Gómez Mendoza |
| 2015 | Juan Pérez Mercader |
| 2016 | Horacio Capel |
| 2017 | María Antonia Colomar |
| 2018 | Asunción Sánchez Justel |
| 2019-2020 | Rebeca Atencia |
| 2021-2022 | Rafael Mata |
IMAGE AWARD |
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| 1998 | Luis Miguel Domínguez |
| 1999 | Juan Echevarría |
| 2000 | Lorenzo Milá – La2 News |
| 2001 | Cristina García Rodero |
| 2002 | Transglobe Films – Kraken project |
| 2003 | Travel Channel |
| 2004 | Hugo Geiger and Francisco Candela |
| 2005 | Fernando Fueyo |
| 2006 | José Manuel Navia |
| 2007 | Pere Ortiz – Mbini project |
| 2008 | Alberto Schommer |
| 2009 | Angela Fisher and Carol Beckwith |
| 2010 | Yann Arthus-Bertrand |
| 2011 | Javier Trueba – “The Mystery of the giant crystals” |
| 2012 | Gerardo Olivares |
| 2013 | Pedro Saura |
| 2014 | José María Elósegui |
| 2015 | Tino Soriano |
| 2016 | Program “Aquí la Tierra” |
| 2017 | Viggo Mortensen and Perceval Press |
| 2018 | Sebastião Salgado |
| 2019-2020 | Joaquín Gutiérrez Acha / Carlos de Hita (ex aequo) |
| 2021-2022 | Judith Prat |
TRIP OF THE YEAR AWARD |
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| 1998 | Miguel Ángel Gordillo |
| 1999 | Chus Lago and Juan Antonio Alegre |
| 2000 | Juan Carlos González |
| 2001 | Transgroenlandia 2001 – Larramendi/Naranjo |
| 2002 | Crossing of the Yarlung Tsangpo Gorge |
| 2003 | Mercé Martí |
| 2004 | Jasiek Mela |
| 2005 | Jordi Llompart |
| 2006 | Trip around the world in a replica of the “Nao Victoria” (Elcano/Magallanes) |
| 2007 | Francisco Giner Abati´s African expedition “Los últimos indígenas” |
| 2008 | Santiago del Valle´s expedition “Vilcabamba last capital of the Incas” |
| 2009 | Dome Kang 2009 expedition |
| 2010 | “Baikal, solo en el hielo” Expedition by Juan Menéndez Granados |
| 2011 | “Malaspina” Expedition |
| 2012 | Albert Bosch |
| 2013 | Albert Casals |
| 2014 | Arita Baaijens |
| 2015 | Solar Impulse |
| 2016 | Sergio García-Dils |
| 2017 | Expedition “Incógnita Patagonia” |
| 2018 | “La Vuelta a África, en femenino” by Alicia Sornosa |
| 2019-2020 | Vicente Plédel and Marián Ocaña |
| 2021-2022 | Nicolás Zenón |
COMMUNICATION AWARD |
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| 1998 | Viajar Magazine |
| 1999 | El País Aguilar “Guidebooks with charm” |
| 2000 | Siete Leguas “El Mundo” |
| 2001 | Altäir |
| 2002 | El Legado Andalusí Foundation |
| 2003 | Lunwerg Publisher |
| 2004 | Deviaje Bookshop |
| 2005 | Desnivel Publisher |
| 2006 | Quercus Magazine |
| 2007 | Miraguano Publisher |
| 2008 | Lonely Planet Guides |
| 2009 | Roge Blasco |
| 2010 | Jesús Calleja |
| 2011 | “Madrileños around the world” Television programme |
| 2012 | Rosa M. Calaf |
| 2013 | Miguel Ángel Adrados |
| 2014 | El Escarabajo Verde |
| 2015 | Editorial Laertes |
| 2016 | Catherine Domain |
| 2017 | Ediciones del Viento |
| 2018 | Atlas Nacional de España |
| 2019-2020 | Sebastián Álvaro |
| 2021-2022 | Javier Cacho |
ENTERPRISE-COMPANY AWARD |
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| 1998 | Spanish Railways Foundation “Vías Verdes” |
| 1999 | Paradores de Turismo |
| 2000 | Egmasa |
| 2001 | Oso Pardo Foundation |
| 2002 | El Corte Inglés |
| 2003 | “la Caixa” Foundation |
| 2004 | Prosegur |
| 2005 | Google Earth |
| 2006 | Foundation Territorio y Paisajes Caixa Cataluña |
| 2007 | BBVA |
| 2008 | Barrabés |
| 2009 | Iberia Spanish Airlines |
| 2010 | Void |
| 2011 | Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) |
| 2012 | ACCIONA |
| 2013 | Wikiloc |
| 2014 | DKV Seguros |
| 2015 | Boa Mistura |
| 2016 | CARTO |
| 2017 | Copérnico Program |
| 2018 | Palarq Foundation |
| 2019-2020 | Carabela Proyect |
| 2021-2022 | FIEB Foundation |
RESEARCH AWARD |
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| 1998 | Jesús Garzón |
| 1999 | Cartography Dept. of Madrid´s Universidad Autónoma |
| 2000 | Spanish Army Cartography Dept. |
| 2001 | HOMINID. Human Origin Studies Group |
| 2002 | Felipe Fernández-Armesto |
| 2003 | Spanish Sceneries Atlas |
| 2004 | Ramón Folch |
| 2005 | Royal Botanical Garden in Madrid |
| 2006 | Djehuty Archeological Project |
| 2007 | Carlos Duarte |
| 2008 | Javier Castroviejo |
| 2009 | Spanish National Geographical Institute |
| 2010 | Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo |
| 2011 | Jorge Alvar |
| 2012 | Enric Sala |
| 2013 | Salima Ikram |
| 2014 | Josep del Hoyo |
| 2015 | Pilar Luna Erreguerena |
| 2016 | Michel André |
| 2017 | Thierry Juteau |
| 2018 | Boyan Slat |
| 2019-2020 | José Antonio Sobrino |
| 2021-2022 | Joaquín Díaz |
HONOUR AWARD |
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| 1998 | Void |
| 1999 | Juan Oyarzábal |
| 2000 | Jordi Clos |
| 2001 | Jesús González-Green |
| 2002 | César Pérez de Tudela Posthumous: Orlando Villas-Boas |
| 2003 | Rafael Termes |
| 2004 | Void |
| 2005 | Mª Dolores Higueras |
| 2006 | Spanish Navy Royal Observatory |
| 2007 | SEO/Birdlife |
| 2008 | Claude Lévi-Strauss |
| 2009 | Speleological Group Edelweiss |
| 2010 | Camino de Santiago |
| 2011 | Cousteau Society |
| 2012 | Servei General d`Informació de Muntanya |
| 2013 | AEMET (Agencia Estatal de Metereología) |
| 2014 | Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO) Lorenzo del Amo |
| 2015 | Luis Balaguer |
| 2016 | Miguel Ángel Gordillo |
| 2017 | Carmen Sarmiento |
| 2018 | Javier Reverte |
| 2019-2020 | Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente |
| 2021-2022 | Silvia Vidal |
GEOGRAPHICAL PATRIMONY |
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| 2014 | Guadarramismo |
| 2015 | Morabitismo and religious traditions in the Guelaya |