Mount Ararat is the mountain traditionally associated with Noah’s Ark’s resting place.
Genesis 8:4 says that the Ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. The wording refers to a region or mountain range rather than explicitly naming the modern peak called Mount Ararat. Over time, Jewish, Christian, and later European traditions commonly connected the biblical location with Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey.
Mount Ararat is a large volcanic massif near Turkey’s borders with Iran and Armenia. Its highest summit rises to 5,137 metres, making it Turkey’s highest mountain. The massif has a prominent snow-covered profile and has attracted many searches for the Ark.
No archaeological discovery has been scientifically verified as Noah’s Ark. The distinction between the biblical phrase “mountains of Ararat” and the modern geographic name is important: the traditional identification is influential, but the Genesis text itself does not provide the modern mountain’s exact name.