Which mountain region did the Ark reach according to Genesis?

According to Genesis, the Ark came to rest in the mountains of Ararat.

Genesis 8:4 says that the ark rested on the mountains of Ararat in the seventh month. The wording refers to a mountainous region rather than naming one unmistakable peak. Ararat is associated with the ancient kingdom or land of Urartu, located around parts of modern eastern Turkey, Armenia, and neighboring areas.

Mount Ararat, the prominent volcanic peak in modern Turkey, is often identified in popular retellings as the ark’s landing place. However, Genesis does not specifically say “Mount Ararat”; it says “the mountains of Ararat.” That distinction explains why proposed search locations have varied.

No archaeological discovery has been broadly accepted as proof of the ark. Stories of expeditions and alleged remains have circulated for centuries, but the biblical geographic phrase and modern mountain identification are not the same claim.