According to Genesis, where was the Ark resting when Noah’s Flood waters receded?

According to Genesis, Noah’s Ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. Genesis 8:4 uses the plural “mountains,” not the name of one specific peak.

The biblical phrase is commonly associated with Mount Ararat in modern eastern Turkey, but the text itself does not identify that mountain as the ark’s exact landing place. “Ararat” is also connected with the ancient kingdom of Urartu, a region around parts of present-day Armenia, Turkey, and Iran.

This distinction matters because popular culture often presents a single summit as the ark’s confirmed location. Archaeological expeditions and alleged discoveries have attracted publicity, but no finding has been scientifically accepted as Noah’s Ark.

Genesis continues by describing Noah’s testing of the waters with a raven and doves after the ark rested. The mountain reference establishes the setting, while the narrative’s main focus remains survival, judgment, renewal, and covenant rather than geographical mapping.