In the Genesis flood narrative, on what mountains did Noah's Ark come to rest?

In the Genesis flood narrative, Noah’s Ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

Genesis 8:4 uses the plural phrase “mountains of Ararat.” Ararat is generally understood as a region associated with Urartu, an ancient kingdom in the area of eastern Anatolia and the South Caucasus, rather than as an explicit reference to one named summit.

The wording is important because popular retellings often say simply “Mount Ararat.” Mount Ararat is the highest mountain in modern Turkey and became the best-known proposed location for the Ark, but Genesis itself does not state that the vessel landed on that specific peak.

Numerous expeditions and claimed discoveries have focused on Mount Ararat and other sites, yet no archaeological evidence has established the Ark’s survival. The biblical phrase therefore identifies a geographical region or mountain range, not a confirmed modern wreck site.