Mount Ararat is the traditional mountain associated with the resting place of Noah’s Ark.
Genesis says that the ark came to rest on the “mountains of Ararat.” Ararat was an ancient geographical region rather than an unambiguous reference to one modern peak. Over time, Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions increasingly connected the ark with Mount Ararat, the prominent volcanic mountain in eastern Turkey.
Modern Mount Ararat is Turkey’s highest mountain, rising to about 5,137 metres. It is a snow-capped stratovolcano near the borders of Iran and Armenia. The mountain’s striking appearance helped make it a natural focus for later searches and legends about the ark.
The biblical wording does not explicitly say “Mount Ararat”; it uses the plural “mountains of Ararat.” Archaeological expeditions and alleged ark discoveries have produced claims, but no accepted scientific evidence has confirmed that the biblical ark has been found.