In Genesis, what was the Ark said to rest upon after the Flood waters receded?

Genesis says that Noah's Ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. The wording is plural, so the passage does not identify one specific summit called Mount Ararat; it places the Ark in a mountainous region associated with Ararat.

Ararat is commonly connected with Urartu, an ancient kingdom centered around parts of eastern Anatolia and the South Caucasus. In later tradition, “Mount Ararat” became the familiar name associated with the Ark, especially after the mountain was identified with the biblical location in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic storytelling.

This distinction matters because many popular accounts say simply that the Ark landed on Mount Ararat. Genesis itself says “the mountains of Ararat,” and no archaeological discovery has been verified as the Ark. Claims of sightings or expeditions have repeatedly failed to produce accepted evidence.