In Genesis, from which region did the Ark's waters recede so Noah could see land?

In Genesis, the Ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

Genesis 8:4 says that the Ark rested on the mountains of Ararat in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month. The wording refers to a mountainous region rather than naming one modern peak. Ararat is associated with the ancient kingdom or land of Urartu, located around parts of eastern Anatolia and the South Caucasus.

Mount Ararat in modern eastern Turkey became the most famous proposed landing site, but Genesis does not explicitly say that the Ark rested on that single volcano. The plural “mountains” and the regional reference leave the precise location unspecified.

This distinction matters because many expeditions and traditions have claimed discoveries on Mount Ararat or nearby sites, yet no archaeological evidence has been accepted as proof of the Ark’s existence. The biblical text itself supports the regional phrase “mountains of Ararat,” not a confirmed modern coordinates-based location.