Jisk'a Mawruma (

Aymara Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...

''jisk'a'' little, ''mawri'' a little fish which lives in the

Altiplano The Altiplano (Spanish language, Spanish for "high plain"), Collao (Quechuan languages, Quechua and Aymara language, Aymara: Qullaw, meaning "place of the Qulla people, Qulla") or Andean Plateau, in west-central South America, is the most extens ...

, ''uma'' water, '' Mawruma'' the name of a neighboring mountain, "little ''mawri'' water(s)" or "little Mawruma", Hispanicized spelling ''Jiscamauroma'') is a mountain in the

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Andes The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...

, about high. It is situated in the

Puno Region Puno () is a department and region in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusc ...

, El Collao Province, Santa Rosa District. It lies northeast of the mountains Mawruma and Chuqi Quta. South of Jisk'a Mawruma an intermittent stream named Mawrini ("the one with ''mawri''", ''Maurini'') originates. It flows to the northeast.

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Mountains of the Department of Puno Five-thousanders of the Andes {{Puno-geo-stub