In Genesis, which mountain region is associated with the Ark coming to rest?

In Genesis, the Ark is said to come to rest on the mountains of Ararat. Genesis 8:4 uses the plural expression “mountains of Ararat,” identifying a region rather than naming one clearly defined summit.

Ararat is associated with the ancient kingdom or land of Urartu, located around parts of the Armenian highlands and eastern Anatolia. The biblical wording does not say that the Ark landed specifically on the modern peak called Mount Ararat.

Later tradition and popular culture often identify Mount Ararat in present-day eastern Turkey as the Ark’s destination. That identification became especially influential in medieval and modern storytelling, expeditions, paintings, and alleged discovery claims.

The distinction matters because the biblical text is more cautious than many later retellings. “Mount Ararat” is a familiar shorthand, but “the mountains of Ararat” is the wording associated with Genesis. The passage also says the mountain tops later became visible as the waters receded.