From BAR
Still another group is looking for Mt. Ararat, where the Bible says Noah landed after the flood. This group is looking to confirm the tradition thatnearby Mt. Cudi (Judi Dagh) is really Mt. Ararat, as recorded in the Quran, Sura 11.44.
They have not uncovered much scientific evidence to date, but they do have an intriguing Assyrian relief, which may explain why a local tradition regards Mt. Cudi as Mt. Ararat.
Is there any connection between Mt. Cudi and the Genesis flood account—a complex narrative in the Hebrew Bible? In his new book The Ark before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood, Irving Finkel of the British Museum discusses three mountains that have flood stories affiliated with them: Mt. Ararat (Agri Dagh), Mt. Cudi and Mt. Nisir (Pir Omar Gudrun), where the ark rested according to the Gilgamesh Epic.