Mrs. Chippy

cat who accompanied Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
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Mrs. Chippy
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Mrs. Chippy

Summary

Mrs. Chippy is a ship's cat[1]. It died in Antarctica[2]. It died on +1915-10-29T00:00:00Z[3]. It draws 145 Wikipedia views per month (ship_s_cat category, ranking #1 of 2).[4]

Key Facts

  • Mrs. Chippy passed away in Antarctica[2].
  • Mrs. Chippy died on +1915-10-29T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Mrs. Chippy's image is recorded as Mrschippy2.png[5].
  • Mrs. Chippy is recorded as male organism[6].
  • Mrs. Chippy's instance of is recorded as ship's cat[7].
  • Mrs. Chippy's owned by is recorded as Harry McNish[8].
  • Mrs. Chippy's Commons category is recorded as Mrs. Chippy[9].
  • Mrs. Chippy's color is recorded as Mackerel tabby[10].
  • The cause of death was gunshot wound[11].
  • Mrs. Chippy's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0267_g5[12].
  • Mrs. Chippy's participant in is recorded as Expedition Endurance[13].

Body

Death and Burial

Mrs. Chippy died on +1915-10-29T00:00:00Z[3]. It died in Antarctica[2]. The cause of death was gunshot wound[11].

Why It Matters

Mrs. Chippy draws 145 Wikipedia views per month (ship_s_cat category, ranking #1 of 2).[4] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

FAQs

Where did Mrs. Chippy die?

Mrs. Chippy passed away in Antarctica[2].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved . news.bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . South: the story of Shackleton's last expedition. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Mrs. Chippy. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/mrs-chippy
MLA “Mrs. Chippy.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/mrs-chippy.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_mrs-chippy_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Mrs. Chippy}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/mrs-chippy}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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