Which mountain range does Genesis name in connection with Noah’s Ark coming to rest?

Genesis says that Noah’s Ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

Genesis 8:4 uses the plural expression “mountains of Ararat,” rather than naming one summit. Ararat is associated with the ancient kingdom or region of Urartu, located around parts of the Armenian Highlands and eastern Anatolia. The biblical wording therefore does not explicitly identify modern Mount Ararat as the ark’s landing place.

Modern Mount Ararat, a volcanic peak in eastern Turkey, became the best-known landmark connected with the story, especially through later Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and European traditions. Searches for physical remains of the ark have repeatedly attracted attention, but no discovery has been scientifically verified as Noah’s Ark.

This distinction matters because “Mount Ararat” is a common shorthand, while the Genesis wording refers to a mountain region. The Qur’an gives a different place name, saying the ark rested on Mount Judi, which is why religious traditions do not all locate the ark identically.