In Genesis, the mountain region where Noah's Ark rested was called Ararat. The biblical phrase is “the mountains of Ararat,” linking the resting place to a regional name rather than identifying one exact modern summit.
Ararat is commonly connected with Urartu, an ancient kingdom known from Near Eastern and Assyrian sources. Over time, the name became strongly associated with Mount Ararat, the large volcanic mountain in present-day eastern Turkey. That later association shaped Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and popular artistic traditions about the ark.
The regional name is important because “Ararat” and “Mount Ararat” are not interchangeable in a strict reading of Genesis. The text does not supply latitude, longitude, or an archaeological description of a wreck. Reports of alleged ark remains have continued for centuries, but no discovery has achieved broad scholarly acceptance as the biblical ark.