What mountain range does Genesis say Noah’s ark rested on after the flood?

Genesis says Noah’s ark rested on the mountains of Ararat after the flood.

Genesis 8:4 uses the plural expression “mountains of Ararat,” not the name of one uniquely identified summit. Ararat was also associated with Urartu, an ancient kingdom in the region around eastern Anatolia and the southern Caucasus.

This wording matters because later tradition often identifies the landing place with Mount Ararat, the famous snow-covered volcanic peak in modern eastern Turkey. The biblical text itself does not explicitly name that single mountain. It describes a broader mountainous region.

Numerous expeditions and claims have attempted to locate physical remains of the ark, especially around Mount Ararat. No discovery has been universally accepted by archaeologists as proof of the biblical vessel. The location therefore remains a matter of tradition and speculation, not established archaeological fact.