“After this, its secret [Noah’s Ark
on Mount Cudi] seems to be remembered only by the local villagers
as the scene shifts to Agri Dagh, or Mt. Ararat as it was later
to become known. Hence, from about the 13th century [A.D.], that
majestic, 16,945 ft (5165 m), snow-capped mountain, which many of
the ancients said could not be climbed, became the focus of the Noah’s
Ark traditions.”
Bill
Crouse & Gordon Franz, Bible and Spade, Vol. 19 No. 4ArcImaging - The Search For Noah's Ark
Late Rise of Mount Ararat Tradition?