In the biblical Noah's Ark story, which mountain range is named as the ark's resting place?

In the biblical Noah's Ark story, the ark comes to rest on the mountains of Ararat. Genesis 8:4 uses the plural phrase “mountains of Ararat” when describing where the ark rested.

Ararat is associated with a region rather than an unambiguous single peak in the biblical wording. The name is commonly connected with Urartu, an ancient kingdom in the Armenian highlands. Later traditions increasingly linked the story with Mount Ararat, the prominent volcanic mountain in eastern Turkey.

That popular identification is not identical to the wording of Genesis. The text does not say that the ark rested on the summit of the modern mountain called Mount Ararat, and it gives no coordinates or route for locating the vessel.

This distinction matters because many proposed ark expeditions focus on Mount Ararat, while the biblical passage refers more broadly to a mountain region. Archaeological claims of finding the ark remain unverified.