After the Flood, on what mountains did Noah’s Ark come to rest?

After the Flood, Genesis says Noah’s Ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

Genesis 8:4 uses the plural phrase “mountains of Ararat,” describing a mountainous region rather than explicitly naming one peak. Ararat is associated with the ancient kingdom or land of Urartu, located around parts of the Armenian Highlands and eastern Anatolia.

Mount Ararat, the prominent volcanic peak in modern eastern Turkey, became the best-known candidate in later tradition. However, the biblical wording does not say that the Ark rested on the summit of the modern mountain called Mount Ararat. It says the mountains of Ararat, leaving the exact location unspecified.

This distinction explains why proposed Ark sites vary and why claims of a definitive discovery remain controversial. The text’s specific answer is the regional phrase recorded in Genesis, not Mount Sinai or another famous biblical mountain.