In the Quran, what was the Ark’s landing place called?
Answer
Mount Judi
Answer
Mount Judi
In the Quran, Noah’s Ark comes to rest on Mount Judi.
Surah Hud 11:44 says that, after the flood, the Ark settled on al-Judi. Islamic tradition commonly identifies this as Mount Judi, a mountain in southeastern Turkey near the borders of Iraq and Syria. The Quranic name differs from the “mountains of Ararat” mentioned in the Hebrew Bible’s Genesis account.
This distinction matters because retellings sometimes merge the two traditions and use Ararat as the answer for every version of the flood story. Mount Judi is the specific place named in the Quranic passage. The text also describes the command for the waters to subside and the Ark to settle, giving the mountain a role in the closing scene.
Mount Judi has attracted pilgrimage traditions and proposed searches, but no archaeological discovery has been accepted as proof of the Ark. The answer here concerns the location named by the Quran, not a confirmed modern find or the landing place in Genesis.
Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026