What happened when the ark landed?

Answer 1

As recorded in The Bible (Gen 8:4), the ark landed on Mount Ararat.

Mount Ararat is in the eastern Turkey, adjacent to the Armenian border.

Mount Ararat is the highest mountain in the area 5,156 m above sea level, and about 4,000 m higher than neighboring peaks.

According to Genesis 8:4 the Ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat on the 17th day of the 7th month. Rather confusingly, in Genesis 8:5 it says the tops of the mountains only started to appear after 10 months. Ignoring that, the question becomes where are the "mountains of Ararat"? Abrahamic tradition says this is Mount Ararat in Turkey. Josephus, the Jewish historian, places the Ark on an Armenian mountain - which doesn't exclude Mount Ararat. The ancient Jewish Book of Jubilees specifies mount Lubar in the mountains of Ararat.

Ararat may actually mean Urartu or Aratta - both ancient states Armenia.

Mount Ararat is the "traditional" place, but the reference in Genesis could be interpreted to be any of a number of mountain ranges in Urartu.

The Qur'an also has the Noah's Ark story, but places the Ark on Al-Judi.

There have been numerous expeditions to try and find remains of the Ark over the years; these have mainly been to Mount Ararat, but nearby Mount Judi and a site in Iran has also been visited. What's notable about these expeditions is that they all claim to have found the Ark.

Answer 2

It is written in book of Genesis where Noah's ark rested but does not refer to any specific mountain or peak so even today we don't know the exact location. Mount Ararat can be found in modern day Turkey near the border of Iran.

Genesis 8:4

And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

Answer 3

Mt Ararat