Mount Ararat
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Mount Ararat is a volcanic mountain located in eastern Turkey, and one of the largest by volume in the world, rising to 5,165 meters or 16,945 feet. Above 14,000 feet, much of the surface is covered by an ice cap that is about 17 square miles in size and is up to 300 feet deep.
Although there are hundreds of mountains in the region, many people believe that Mt. Ararat is the place where Noah's Ark landed following the global flood. This assumption is based on the simple fact that it is the highest peak in that region, and the Biblical account states that the ark came to rest in the mountains of Ararat a full 2.5 months before the tops of the mountains were visible. This account of its landing strongly suggests a moorage upon the highest point at the time.
Genesis 8:3 The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the water had gone down, 4 and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. 5 The waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.
It should, however, be noted that Mt. Ararat is a volcanic mountain, which probably formed during and after the global flood. Many creationists believe that, prior to the flood, the earth did not exist as a collage of shifting plates, nor did it experience the related tectonic and volcanic activities. The flood may itself have been triggered when the earth's crust was fragmented into these plates releasing subterranean water, volcanic gas, and lava. According to geologist Clifford Burdick Ph.D. much of the lava on Mt. Ararat is in rounded blocks called pillow lava indicating it flowed out while under water.(CRSQ Vol 4(3)) Other geologists state that cylindrical mountains like Little Ararat show that it is a post-flood mountain.
Although there have been numerous claims of sightings of Noah's ark througout history, there have also been a great many expeditions to Mt. Ararat to search for the ark in modern times. Despite the immense size of Mt. Ararat, it would be fair to say that there are but a few places remaining to look. If the ark indeed rests there we could conclude that it has decomposed completely, or is either buried under igneous rock, glacial ice, or perhaps mud flows which are very typical of volcanic mountains reaching these heights.
Related References
- Mt. Ararat by Noah's Ark Search.com
- Mt. Ararat by Genesis Files
- ARMINCO | Mt. Ararat Live Webcam seen from Yerevan, Armenia
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