Noah lived in the land of Ur (Southern Iraq). He landed at Mt. Ararat in Turkey, about 600 miles away (530 nautical miles).
If the ark was at sea for 190 days (40 rain days and 150 clear days), this means that Noah was traveling at an average speed of about 0.12 knots, essentially floating in place or gently drifting north for most of the time.
I'm not sure if this implies anything. He could have been circling at high speed or just drifting.
Still, if the whole earth had been covered in water, is it likely that after 190 days he'd end up only 530 nm to the north, or would global jet stream have swept him easterly after six months at sea?
On the other hand, if Noah gently drifted north for six months, does this imply that he was in an essentially land-locked sea?
-PJ
Interesting question!
How do you know that?
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>>Political Junkie Too wrote: "He landed at Mt. Ararat in Turkey, about 600 miles away (530 nautical miles)."
The scripture states the Ark landed upon the mountains (plural) of Ararat.
"And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat." -- Gen 8:4 KJV
"And the water subsided, and went off the earth, and after an hundred and fifty days the water was diminished, and the ark rested in the seventh month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat." -- Gen 8:3 LXX
Mr. Kalamata