In the Bible’s Genesis flood story, on which mountain range does Noah’s Ark come to rest?

In the Bible’s Genesis flood story, Noah’s Ark comes to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

Genesis 8:4 uses the plural expression “mountains of Ararat,” identifying a region rather than naming one exact summit. Ararat was associated with the ancient kingdom of Urartu, a mountainous area around parts of modern eastern Turkey, Armenia, and Iran.

Mount Ararat, Turkey’s highest mountain, became the best-known traditional candidate for the Ark’s landing place. However, the biblical wording does not specifically say that the Ark rested on the modern volcanic peak called Mount Ararat. Other proposed locations have included Mount Judi in southeastern Turkey, which is named in the Quran’s account.

Archaeologists and historians have not established a verified Ark site. Reports of discoveries on Mount Ararat have repeatedly lacked reliable confirmation, so “mountains of Ararat” is the careful biblical answer, while “Mount Ararat” describes a later popular identification.