Which mountain range is named in Genesis as the place where Noah’s Ark rested?

Genesis says that Noah’s Ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. Genesis 8:4 uses a plural expression, so the biblical wording does not identify one precisely named summit.

“Ararat” is associated with the ancient kingdom of Urartu and with a region around eastern Anatolia and the southern Caucasus. Mount Ararat, the prominent volcanic peak in modern eastern Turkey, later became the best-known location linked with the story, but Genesis itself says “mountains,” not specifically the summit of modern Mount Ararat.

This distinction explains why proposed searches and claimed discoveries have focused on several sites. The biblical text supplies a regional designation rather than coordinates or a detailed route. Archaeological claims about finding the ark have not produced evidence accepted by mainstream archaeology, so the scriptural place-name should not be confused with a verified modern wreck location.