In the Noah's Ark story, what mountain region is named as the ark's resting place?

In the Noah’s Ark story, Genesis says the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

Genesis 8:4 uses the plural phrase “mountains of Ararat,” describing a mountain region rather than naming one specific summit. Ararat is commonly connected with the ancient kingdom or geographical area of Urartu, associated with parts of the Armenian Highlands and eastern Anatolia. The biblical wording therefore does not explicitly say that the ark landed on the summit of the modern mountain called Mount Ararat.

Mount Ararat became the best-known traditional candidate in later Christian, Jewish, and Islamic discussions, and many expeditions and popular claims have focused on it. No generally accepted archaeological evidence has established the ark’s remains there.

This distinction matters because “Mount Ararat” is a familiar shorthand, while the Genesis text says “mountains of Ararat.” The more precise answer to the biblical question is the regional phrase. Other mountains in biblical tradition, including Sinai, belong to different episodes and should not be substituted.