Location:
Far eastern Turkey near the borders of Armenia and Iran. Only 150 miles from Iraq.
Description:
A volcanic mountain covered by ice from 14,500 feet to 16,945 feet. The icecap is about 17 square miles in size and is as deep as 300 feet in some areas. |
---------------------------- Photo courtesy of Brian McMorrow ----------------------------
Many people believe Mount Ararat is the place where Noah's Ark came to rest following the global flood. This assumption is based on the fact that Mount Ararat is the tallest mountain in the region, and the genesis account states the ark came to rest in the mountains of Ararat 2.5 months before the tops of the mountains were visible. It is debatable, however, if Mt. Ararat existed at the time of the flood. Some consider it to be a post-flood volcanic mountain.
Mount Ararat is located in eastern Turkey near the borders of Armenia and Iran. The Turkish name for Mt. Ararat is Agri Dagi (which means mountain of pain). The mountain (Ararat) is the highest location in the ancient kingdom of Urartu, a region which covered thousands of square miles. The "Ararat" referred to in the book of Genesis, written in 1450 BC, was actually called Urartu.
Later, when the Bible was translated, Urartu was replaced with Ararat. However, the mountain was not referred to as Mt. Ararat until 1105 AD. Many people claim the ark is on Mt. Ararat but the Bible does not say that. The Bible states the ark came to rest in the "mountains of Ararat" in Genesis 8:4.
Some claim that Mt. Ararat shows no evidence of ever being under water. They claim there is no evidence of marine fossils, pillow lava, or flood-produced sedimentation. Others claim to have samples and can prove it.
This volcanic mountain has a permanent ice cap at its peak. Some claim that it flows in the form of moving glaciers while others claim it's completely stagnant.
If the glacier does move it would most likely completely tear apart the Ark unless it was protected by special geological features that could protect it (such as a cliff/shelf or crevasse situation that might allow ice to flow over the top of the structure without destroying it . |
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