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Biblical place

Where was Ararat?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Urartu.

First appears in Genesis 8:4 · 4 books · 4 chapters

Overview

Sacred land or high land, the name of a country on one of the mountains of which the ark rested after the Flood subsided (Gen. 8:4). The “mountains” mentioned were probably the Kurdish range of South Armenia. Modern identification: Urartu.

Ararat is represented in the local geography layer as Urartu. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Genesis 8:4 and is mentioned across 4 books, with 4 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Ararat today

Travel to Ararat, the modern-day Urartu.

Ararat is commonly identified with Urartu, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Ararat is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Urartu

39.703°N · 44.300°E

Key passages

Appears in

Genesis

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

2 Kings

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Isaiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Jeremiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention