In Genesis, what was the first mountain region where Noah’s Ark came to rest?

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

Genesis 8:4 says that the Ark rested on the mountains of Ararat on the seventeenth day of the seventh month. The wording refers to a mountainous region rather than naming one specific peak. Ararat is also associated with the ancient kingdom of Urartu, a region in and around the Armenian highlands.

This wording is often simplified into the phrase “Mount Ararat,” but the biblical text uses the plural “mountains.” The modern mountain commonly called Mount Ararat became a major focus of later searches and traditions about the Ark. Those later traditions should not be confused with the precise geographical wording of Genesis itself.