'''Ararat''' or '''אררט''' in Hebrew is the only biblically attested name for the Kingdom of Urartu. The name Urartu itself derives from Urar meaning Island and Tu meaning Country. It is very strange that such a highland area should be called the Island Country, but when taking the story of Noah into account it is perhaps not so strange afterall. Christian Fundamentalists tend to think of Ararat as a single mountain practically in the centre of the area which was once Urartu. Most of the historical evidence suggests that Noah's Ark was considered to have been based at Mt. Cudi. The 4th century Petrine Saint Jacob of Nisibis built monastery for Ha-Umot at Nisibis just west of Gebel Judi in Carduchi where he is said to have found the ark's anchor-stones.
