Robin Sutcliffe Allan (7 September 1900 – 5 July 1966) was a New Zealand geologist and university professor. [1] The university professor William Salmond was his grandfather. [1]
Allan was the geologist on the 1924 Chatham Islands Expedition. [2]
In 1953, Allan was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. [3] The Allan Hills in Antarctica, mapped by the New Zealand party (1957–58) of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, were named in his honour. [4]