In the biblical Noah’s Ark account, on which mountains did the ark come to rest?

In the biblical Noah’s Ark account, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

Genesis uses the plural expression “mountains of Ararat” when describing where the ark settled as the waters receded. The wording identifies a mountainous region rather than naming one uniquely specified summit in the biblical text.

This distinction matters because Mount Ararat, the prominent volcanic peak in modern eastern Turkey, is often treated in popular culture as the ark’s exact destination. Genesis itself does not say that the ark rested on the summit of today’s Mount Ararat. Ararat was also the name of an ancient kingdom or region associated with Urartu.

Later traditions, maps, expeditions, and proposed discoveries have connected the story with particular locations. Those claims are separate from the wording of Genesis, which gives only the mountains of Ararat as the ark’s resting place.