Mount Ararat (see section Names for other names) is the tallest peak in Turkey. This snow-capped, dormant volcanic cone is located in the Iğdır Province, near the northeast corner of Turkey, 16 km (10 mi) west of the Iranian and 32 km (20 mi) south of the Armenian border.

A team of scientists from Hong Kong and Turkey believe they have discovered the remains ofNoah's Ark on Mount Ararat in Turkey.

Satellite pictures taken last summer of Mount Ararat in Turkey may reveal the final resting place of Noah's ark. The story of Noah's ark is told in the Book of Genesis. It says God saw how corrupt the Earth had become and decided to "bring floodwaters on the Earth to destroy all life under the heavens." God is said to have told Noah, an honour

MOUNT ARARAT, Turkey (Reuters) - Noah's Ark, built to save humanity and the animal kingdom in the face of a great flood, is being reconstructed in model form on Mount Ararat as a warning to mankind to act now to prevent global warming.

The environmental pressure group Greenpeace said on Wednesday that its volunteers were constructing a model of the Biblical Noah’s Ark on Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey to raise public awareness over global warming.